Identification of a genomic island of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 76, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 2052-2060

  Chen, Weizhen ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Chen, Casey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Genomic islands; Horizontal gene transfer; Pathogenicity islands; Periodontitis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOSS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 28644440591     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2005.76.11-S.2052     Document Type: Article

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