Maturation of the Arginine-Specific Proteases of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 Is Dependent on a Functional prR2 Protease Gene

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1594-1600

  Aduse Opoku, Joseph ^a   Rangarajan, Minnie ^a   Young, Katherine A ^a   Curtis, Michael A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ARGINGIPAIN, PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HERPESVIRUS ENTRY MEDIATOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NECTINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIRUS RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMAGGLUTININS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR, MEMBER 14; RECEPTORS, VIRUS;

EID: 0032036421     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.4.1594-1600.1998     Document Type: Article

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