Isolation and characterization of transposon-induced mutants of Porphyromonas gingivalis deficient in fimbriation

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-35

  Watanabe Kato, Tomomi ^a   Hayashi, Jun Ichiro ^a   Terazawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Hoover, Charles I ^a,b   Nakayama, Koji ^c   Hibi, Eiko ^a   Kawakami, Naoko ^a   Ikeda, Takeshi ^a   Nakamura, Hiroshi ^a   Noguchi, Toshihide ^a   Yoshimura, Fuminobu ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fimbriae; Mutagenesis; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Transposon

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031912270     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1997.0170     Document Type: Article

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