Human oral cavity as a model for the study of genome-genome interactions

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 200-204

  Foster, Jamie S ^a   Palmer Jr , Robert J ^a   Kolenbrander, Paul E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; GENOME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0037396887     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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