Identification of a Streptococcus gordonii SspB domain that mediates adhesion to Porphyromonas gingivalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3753-3758

  Brooks, Wanda ^a   Demuth, Donald R ^a   Gil, Sucheol ^b   Lamont, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; TARGET CELL; TOOTH PLAQUE;

EID: 0030954705     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3753-3758.1997     Document Type: Article

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