Frequency of four different mutacin genes in Streptococcus mutans genotypes isolated from caries-free and caries-active individuals

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 599-604

  Kamiya, Regianne U ^a   Napimoga, Marcelo H ^a   Höfling, José F ^a   Gonçalves, Reginaldo B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LACTIC ACID; MUTACIN; MUTACIN IV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADULT; AMPLICON; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODIVERSITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROFLORA; MUTACIN GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOCINS; DENTAL CARIES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 20344407796     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45870-0     Document Type: Article

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