Gingipains as the determinants of periodontopathogenicity

Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-44

  Kadowaki, Tomoko ^a   Takii, Ryosuke ^a   Baba, Atsuyo ^a   Yamamoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gingipains; Inhibitors; Periodontal disease; Porphyromonas gingivalis

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; GINGIPAIN K; GINGIPAIN R; LYSINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0038607657     PISSN: 00155691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/fpj.122.37     Document Type: Review

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