Characterization of Streptococcus mutans diversity by determining restriction fragment-length polymorphisms of the gtfB gene of isolates from 5-year-old children and their mothers

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-85

  Toi, Cheryl Sam ^a   Cleaton Jones, Peter ^a   Fatti, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

5 Year old children; Dental caries; gtfB gene; Mother; PCR RFLP; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MELIBIOSE; PROTEIN GTFB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SALIVA; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 25144505886     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-005-1674-3     Document Type: Article

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