Chromosomal inversion between rrn operons among Streptococcus mutans serotype c oral and blood isolates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-206

  Huang, Wen Chuan ^a   Chen, Yi Ywan M ^b   Teng, Lee Jene ^c   Lien, Huwei Ting ^a   Chen, Jen Yang ^a,d   Chia, Jean San ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology ^*  (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MARKER GENE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RRN GENE; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DENTAL CARIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; MOUTH; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RRNA OPERON; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 38949165493     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47428-0     Document Type: Article

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