Molecular genetic analysis of the virulence of oral bacterial pathogens: An historical perspective

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 331-344

  Kuramitsu, Howard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; Dental caries; Genomics; Molecular genetics; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FIMA FIMBRIAL VACCINE; GINGIPAIN PROTEINASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; PAC GTF PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; DENTAL CARIES; DNA PROBE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GINGIVITIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUTH DISEASE; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOOTH PLAQUE; VACCINATION; ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANIMALS; DENTAL CARIES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0142060303     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154411130301400504     Document Type: Review

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