Relationship of serotype, leukotoxin gene type and lysogeny in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to periodontal disease status - Barretto Tinoco, E M; Stevens, R; Haubek, D; Lai, C H; Balachandran, S; Preus, H (European journal of oral sciences, 1997)
Keywords: Actinobacillus Infections - physiopathology; Adolescent; Adult; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - classification; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - genetics; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - immunology; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - pathogenicity; Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans - virology; Aggressive Periodontitis - microbiology; Aggressive Periodontitis - physiopathology; Antibodies, Bacterial - immunology; Antigens, Bacterial - genetics; Antigens, Surface - genetics; Bacterial Toxins - genetics; Bacteriophages - classification; Bacteriophages - isolation & purification; Base Composition; Child; Cytotoxins - genetics; Exotoxins - genetics; Gene Deletion; Humans; Immunoblotting; Lysogeny; Middle Aged; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Periodontitis - microbiology; Periodontitis - physiopathology; Periodontium - microbiology; Promoter Regions, Genetic - genetics; Serotyping; Virulence