Functional differences among FimA variants of Porphyromonas gingivalis and their effects on adhesion to and invasion of human epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 277-285

  Nakagawa, I ^a   Amano, A ^a   Kuboniwa, M ^a   Nakamura, T ^a   Kawabata, S ^a   Hamada, S ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTYLSERINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; PROLINE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN FIMA; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIMBRIA; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECOMBINANT GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENOTYPE; GINGIVA; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; PILI, SEX; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; RECEPTORS, FIBRONECTIN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036137170     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.1.277-285.2002     Document Type: Article

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