Leukotoxic activity of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and periodontal attachment loss

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Höglund Åberg, Carola ^a   Haubek, Dorte ^b   Kwamin, Francis ^c   Johansson, Anders ^a   Claesson, Rolf ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTOXIN; BACTERIAL DNA; EXOTOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL DEATH; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HBPA 2 GENE; HEMOLYSIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; LEUKOTOXICITY; OPERON; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GHANA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PATHOGENICITY; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS;

ADOLESCENT; AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GHANA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; PASTEURELLACEAE INFECTIONS; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84905457137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104095     Document Type: Article

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