Molecular approaches for viable bacterial population and transcriptional analyses in a rodent model of dental caries

Molecular Oral Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 350-361

  Klein, M I ^a   Scott Anne, K M ^a   Gregoire, S ^a   Rosalen, P L ^b   Koo, H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Gene expression; In vivo biofilms; RNA; Streptococcus mutans; Viable bacterial population

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DENTAL CARIES; DNA ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RNA ISOLATION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RATS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84866167803     PISSN: 20411006     EISSN: 20411014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-1014.2012.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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