Multiple colonization defects in a cysteine protease mutant of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1 PART 2, 1997, Pages 140-142

  Kuramitsu, H ^a   Tokuda, M ^a   Yoneda, M ^a   Duncan, M ^b   Cho, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Colonization; P. gingivalis; Proteases

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ARGINGIPAIN, PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL STRAIN KB; ENZYMOLOGY; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; KB CELLS; MUTATION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0030623609     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1997.tb01395.x     Document Type: Article

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