Article
Population structure of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans: a framework for studies of disease-associated properties.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Aug 1994
Poulsen K, Theilade E, Lally E T, Demuth D R, Kilian M
Abstract excerpt
The Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans population consists of a large number of clones among which the ubiquitous leukotoxin gene operon appears very homogeneous. Population genetic analyses performed by multilocus enzyme electrophoresis together with DNA fingerprinting and analyses of genomic...
Topics
- Actinobacillus Infections
- Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Proteins
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Europe
- Exotoxins
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Operon
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Retrospective Studies
- Serotyping
- Species Specificity
- United States