Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gene therapy of salivary diseases / Bruce J. Baum ... [et al.] -- Collection, storage, and processing of saliva samples for downstream molecular applications / Bradley Stephen Henson and David T. Wong -- Proteomic analysis of saliva : 2D gel electrophoresis, LC-MS/MS, and Western blotting / Shen Hu, Jiang Jiang, and David T. Wong -- Transcriptomic analyses of saliva / Viswanathan Palanisamy and David T. Wong -- The oral microbiota : general overview, taxonomy, and nucleic acid techniques / José F. Siqueira Jr. and Isabela N. Rôças -- Microbial community profiling using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) / José F. Siqueira Jr., Mitsuo Sakamoto, and Alexandre S. Rosado -- Protocols to study the physiology of oral biofilms / José A. Lemos... [et al.] -- Adhesion of yeast and bacteria to oral surfaces / Richard D. Cannon ... [et al.] -- Quantitative analysis of periodontal pathogens by ELISA and real-time polymerase chain reaction / Stephen M. Hamlet -- Bacterial viability determination in a dentinal tubule infection model by confocal laser scanning microscopy / Abdul Aziz... [et al.] -- Characterization of anti-competitor activities produced by oral bacteria / Fenxia Qi and Jens Kreth -- Natural transformation of oral streptococci / Fernanda Cristina Petersen and Anne Aamdal Scheie -- Use of in vivo-induced antigen technology (IVIAT) to identify virulence factors of Porphyromonas gingivalis / Shannon M. Wallet, Jin Chung, and Martin Handfield -- Oral bacterial genome sequencing using the high-throughput Roche Genome Sequencer FLX system / Nicholas C.K. Heng and Jo-Ann L. Stanton -- Use of a yeast-based membrane protein expression technology to overexpress drug resistance efflux pumps / Erwin Lamping and Richard D. Cannon -- Explant culture of embryonic craniofacial tissues : analyzing effects of signaling molecules on gene expression / Katja Närhi and Irma Thesleff -- A method to isolate, purify, and characterize human periodontal ligament stem cells / Krzysztof Mrozik... [et al.] -- Preclinical methods for the evaluation of periodontal regeneration in vivo / Yang-Jo Seol... [et al.] -- Proteomic analysis of dental tissue microsamples / Jonathan E. Mangum, Jew C. Kon, and Michael J. Hubbard -- Immunological techniques : ELISA, flow cytometry, and immunohistochemistry / Pauline J. Ford -- Analysis of immune responses to purified recombinant antigens of periodontal pathogens / Koichi Tabeta and Kazuhisa Yamazaki -- Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis for the diagnosis of T-cell clonality in periodontal disease / Kazuhisa Yamazaki and Harue Ito -- Real-time PCR focused-gene array profiling of gingival and periodontal ligament fibroblasts / Patty Chou and Trudy J. Milne -- The use of gene arrays in deciphering the pathobiology of periodontal diseases / Moritz Kebschull and Panos N. Papapanou -- Bioinformatics techniques in microarray research : applied microarray data analysis using R and SAS software / Ryan T. Demmer, Paul Pavlidis, and Panos N. Papapanou.

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