Molecular strategies for fimbrial expression and assembly

Critical Reviews in Oral Biology and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-115

  Wu, Hui ^a   Fives Taylor, Paula M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Actinomyces; Eikenella corrodens; P pilus and curli fimbriae; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Streptococcal fimbriae; Types 1 and 4 fimbriae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURFACE; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FIMBRIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MOUTH FLORA; MOUTH INFECTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUIS;

EID: 0035022986     PISSN: 10454411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10454411010120020101     Document Type: Article

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