Identification of a Gene Involved in Assembly of Actinomyces naeslundii T14V Type 2 Fimbriae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1482-1491

  Yeung, Maria K ^a,c   Donkersloot, Jacob A ^b   Cisar, John O ^b   Ragsdale, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Department of Pediatric Dentistry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMBRILLIN;

ACTINOMYCES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ACTINOMYCES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0032036583     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.4.1482-1491.1998     Document Type: Article

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