Genotyping of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans serotype d isolates based on polymerase chain reaction

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 387-390

  Doǧan, Başak ^a,b   Saarela, M ^a   Asikainen, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; AP PCR; Genotyping; REP PCR; Serotypes

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARILY PRIMED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE EXTRAGENIC PALINDROMIC ELEMENT; SEROTYPE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; DNA PRIMERS; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0342934209     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.1999.140611.x     Document Type: Article

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