Pleiotropic pigmentation mutants of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 235-247

  Chen, T ^a   Dong, H ^a   Yong, R ^a   Duncan, M J ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pigmentation mutants; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIMBRIA; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PLEIOTROPY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

EID: 0033818693     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0338     Document Type: Article

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