Regulation of the Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA (Fimbrillin) gene

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6574-6579

  Xie, Hua ^a   Chung, Whasun O ^b   Park, Yoonsuk ^b   Lamont, Richard J ^b  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARGININE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034445515     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6574-6579.2000     Document Type: Article

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