The number of direct repeats in hagA is variable among Porphyromonas gingivalis strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4721-4725

  Kozarov, Emil ^a   Whitlock, J ^a   Dong, H ^a   Carrasco, E ^b   Progulske Fox, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0031711572     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.10.4721-4725.1998     Document Type: Article

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