Arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction for fingerprinting the genotype identification of mutans streptococci in children with Down syndrome

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-42

  Barone, Simone ^a   Macedo, Claudia ^b   Marin, José Moacir ^c  

^a Dentistry School   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotypic identification; Intra familial transmission; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTHER; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PRIMER DNA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

EID: 15944371503     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2005.tb00370.x     Document Type: Article

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