Genetic basis of horizontal gene transfer among oral bacteria

Periodontology 2000

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-46

  Roberts, Adam P ^a   Mullany, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; R FACTOR; REVIEW; TOOTH PLAQUE; TRANSPOSON;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DENTAL PLAQUE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; R FACTORS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 33747822249     PISSN: 09066713     EISSN: 16000757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2006.00149.x     Document Type: Review

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