Bacterial Community Profiling of Cryogenically Ground Samples from the Apical and Coronal Root Segments of Teeth with Apical Periodontitis

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 486-492

  Alves, Flávio R F ^a,b   Siqueira Jr , José F ^b   Carmo, Flávia L ^a   Santos, Adriana L ^a   Peixoto, Raquel S ^a   Rôças, Isabela N ^b   Rosado, Alexandre S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

16S ribosomal RNA gene; Apical periodontitis; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; endodontic infection; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FREEZING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH ROOT;

DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FREEZING; HISTOCYTOLOGICAL PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 63449131699     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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