Purification and characterization of a putative fimbrial protein/receptor of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-104

  Dashper, S G ^a   O'Brien Simpson, N M ^a   Bhogal, P S ^a   Franzmann, A D ^a   Reynolds, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Antigenic; Fimbriae; Periodontal disease; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYTOTOXIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; FIMBRILLIN; HYDROLASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTEROIDES; CHEMISTRY; FIMBRIA; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CYTOTOXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032036710     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1998.tb06097.x     Document Type: Article

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