Sequence and product analyses of the four genes downstream from the fimbrilin gene (fimA) of the oral anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 725-734

  Watanabe, Koji ^a,c   Onoe, Takaya ^b,c   Ozeki, Masami ^c   Shimizu, Yasuaki ^b   Sakayori, Toshiko ^b   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^b   Yoshimura, Fuminobu ^b,c  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

fimA; Fimbriae; Gene products; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PORPHYROMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0029858403     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01133.x     Document Type: Article

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