Sequence diversity and antigenic variation at the rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4253-4262

  Hall, Lucinda M C ^a   Fawell, Stuart C ^a   Shi, Xiaoju ^a   Faray Kele, Marie Claire ^a   Aduse Opoku, Joseph ^a   Whiley, Robert A ^a   Curtis, Michael A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; LIPOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAGA; PROTEIN RAGB; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; RAG4 PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTEROIDES; GENE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAG GENE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 21644466715     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.7.4253-4262.2005     Document Type: Article

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