Regulation of protease expression in Porphyromonas gingivalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5232-5237

  Tokuda, Masayuki ^a,b   Chen, Wen ^a   Karunakaran, Thonthi ^a,c   Kuramitsu, Howard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0032443225     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.11.5232-5237.1998     Document Type: Article

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