Distribution and molecular characterization of Porphyromonas gingivalis carrying a new type of fimA gene

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1909-1914

  Nakagawa, Ichiro ^a   Amano, Atsuo ^a   Kimura, Richard K ^a   Nakamura, Takayuki ^a   Kawabata, Shigetada ^a   Hamada, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034061752     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.5.1909-1914.2000     Document Type: Article

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