Cloning and expression of α-D-glucosidase and N-acetyl-β -glucosaminidase from the periodontal pathogen, Tannerella forsythensis (Bacteroides forsythus)

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 309-312

  Hughes, C V ^a   Malki, G ^a   Loo, C Y ^a   Tanner, A C R ^b   Ganeshkumar, N ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides forsythus; Glucosidase; Glycosaminidase; Glycosidases; Tannerella forsythensis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA; GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSAMINIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BIOFILM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANNERELLA FORSYTHENSIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYMECROMONE; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0042236733     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2003.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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