Genetic evidence for the relationship of Porphyromonas gingivalis cysteine protease and hemagglutinin activities

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-134

  Yoneda, M ^a,b   Kuramitsu, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

hemagglutinin; periodontitis; Porphyromonas gingivalis; protease; virulence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030175152     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.1996.tb00347.x     Document Type: Article

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