Oxidative stress resistance in Porphyromonas gingivalis

Future Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 497-512

  Henry, Leroy G ^a   McKenzie, Rachelle M E ^a,b   Robles, Antonette ^a   Fletcher, Hansel M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

7,8 dihydro 8 oxoguanine; antioxidant protein; gingipain; oxidative stress; Porphyromonas gingivalis; reactive oxygen species; ROS

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYNONENAL; 8 HYDROXYGUANINE; BACTERIOFERRITIN; CATALASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; GINGIPAIN R; HEMIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MANGANESE; PEROXIREDOXIN; PEROXYNITRITE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GENOME; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IONIZING RADIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 84858952895     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.17     Document Type: Review

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