The rgg gene is a specific marker for Streptococcus oralis

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1299-1303

  Park, H K ^a   Lee, H J ^a   Jeong, E G ^b   Shin, H S ^b   Kim, W ^a  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

rgg; Streptococcus; viridans group streptococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PRIMER DNA; RGG PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL CLONE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; LACTOCOCCUS; METHODOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONE CELLS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; LACTOCOCCUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 77958545975     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: 15440591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022034510378426     Document Type: Article

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