Transformation and expression of a cloned fimA gene in Porphyromonas gingivalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2013-2018

  Takahashi, Yusuke ^a   Kato, Daisuke ^a   Hamada, Nobushiro ^a   Yoshimoto, Hisashi ^a   Umemoto, Toshio ^a  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID;

PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0033003869     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.4.2013-2018.1999     Document Type: Article

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