Genetic basis for conversion of rough-to-smooth colony morphology in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3749-3753

  Wang, Ying ^a   Liu, Amy ^a   Chen, Casey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 19744373475     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3749-3753.2005     Document Type: Article

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