Role of the amino-terminal region of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae in adherence to epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6173-6176

  Sojar, Hakimuddin T ^a   Han, Yiping ^a   Hamada, Nobushiro ^b   Sharma, Ashu ^a   Genco, Robert J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Department of Microbiology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING SITE; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIMBRIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0032757334     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.6173-6176.1999     Document Type: Article

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