Involvement of arginine-specific cysteine proteinase (Arg-gingipain) in fimbriation of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2818-2824

  Nakayama, Koji ^a   Yoshimura, Fuminobu ^b   Kadowaki, Tomoko ^a   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0029917103     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2818-2824.1996     Document Type: Article

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