Tn4351-generated non-haemolytic and/or non-pigmented mutants of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Microbios

Volumn 95, Issue 380, 1998, Pages 35-44

  Takada, Kazuko ^a   Hirasawa, Masatomo ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non haemolytic activity; Non pigmentation; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Tn4351

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; PIGMENT; PROTEINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0032246064     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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