Clonal distribution of natural competence in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 340-342

  Fujise, O ^a,d   Lakio, L ^b   Wang, Y ^a   Asikainen, S ^b,c   Chen, Casey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clonal analysis; Natural competence; Natural transformation; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CLONAL VARIATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NATURAL COMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SEROTYPE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; CLONE CELLS; HUMANS; PERIODONTITIS; SEROTYPING; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 4544322201     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302x.2004.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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