Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus DNA in the human placenta

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-12

  Satokari, R ^a   Gronroos T ^a   Laitinen, K ^a   Salminen, S ^a   Isolauri, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; CpG motif; DNA; Immunity; Lactobacilli; Placenta

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CPG MOTIF; EXPOSED TO; HUMAN PLACENTA; IMMUNITY; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICROBIOTAS; PLACENTA;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

BACTERIA; DNA; IMMUNOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 58149314069     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02475.x     Document Type: Article

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