A 55-kilodalton immunodominant antigen of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50 has arisen via horizontal gene transfer

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1157-1171

  Hanley, Shirley A ^a   Aduse Opoku, Joseph ^a   Curtis, Michael A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0033017791     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.3.1157-1171.1999     Document Type: Article

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