Enhanced biofilm formation and loss of capsule synthesis: Deletion of a putative glycosyltransferase in Porphyromonas gingivalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 5510-5523

  Davey, Mary E ^a   Duncan, Margaret J ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; GENE LOCATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PERIODONTITIS; PHENOTYPE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 33746615215     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01685-05     Document Type: Article

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