Sequence analysis of kgp in Porphyromonas gingivalis isolates from periodontitis patients

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 393-397

  Beikler, Thomas ^a   Peters, U ^a   Ehmke, B ^a   Flemmig, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gingipain; Kgp; Periodontal disease; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KGP GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTITIS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SMOKING;

EID: 0242473873     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0902-0055.2003.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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