Sequence diversity in the major fimbrial subunit gene (flp-1) of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 354-359

  Kaplan, Jeffrey B ^a,c   Kokeguchi, S ^b   Murayama, Y ^b   Fine, D H ^a  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Medical Science Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Horizontal gene transfer; Surface attachment; Type IV pili

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ADULT; ALLELES; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODONTITIS; PERIODONTITIS, JUVENILE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEROTYPING; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036922238     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2002.170604.x     Document Type: Article

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