Cloning and sequence analysis of the fimbriae associated protein (fap) gene from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 63-69

  Ishihara, Kazuyuki ^a   Honma, Kiyonobu ^a   Miura, Tadashi ^a   Kato, Tetsuo ^a   Okuda, Katsuji ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Adherence; Fimbriae associated protein; Fimbriae expression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; FIMBRIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030788543     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1997.0137     Document Type: Article

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