Comparison of pathogenic properties between two types of arginine-specific cysteine proteinases (gingipains-R) from Porphyromonas gingivalis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-163

  Imamura, Takahisa ^a,b,c   Potempa, Jan ^a,b,c   Travis, James ^a,b,c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Periodontitis; Phospholipid; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Proteinase; Vascular permeability; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; GINGIPAIN R; PHOSPHOLIPID; PREKALLIKREIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CLOTTING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FIBRINOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 0033826346     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.2000.0380     Document Type: Article

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