Prevalence of tetracycline resistance genes in the oral cavity of Greek subjects

Journal of Biological Research (Greece)

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 387-394

  Koukos, Georgios ^a   Sakellari, Dimitra ^b   Arsenakis, Minas ^c   Tsalikis, Lazaros ^b   Slini, Theodora ^c   Konstantinidis, Antonios ^b  

^a 251 GENERAL AIR FORCE HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial drug resistance; Molecular biology; PCR; Periodontal diseases; Prokaryotic genes; Tetracycline resistance

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84911922604     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 22415793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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