Genetic classification of severe early childhood caries by use of subtracted DNA fragments from Streptococcus mutans

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2868-2873

  Saxena, Deepak ^a,c   Caufield, Page W ^a,b   Li, Yihong ^a   Brown, Stuart ^b   Song, Jinmei ^a   Norman, Robert ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUPPRESSION SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 53649086479     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01000-08     Document Type: Article

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