Characterization of a Porphyromonas gingivalis gene prtK that encodes a lysine-specific cysteine proteinase and three sequence-related adhesins

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 92-97

  Slakeski, N ^a   Cleal, S M ^a   Bhogal, P S ^a   Reynolds, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adhesins; Lysine specific cysteine proteinase; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0033121176     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.1999.140203.x     Document Type: Article

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