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Distribution of Porphyromonas gingivalis strains with fimA genotypes in periodontitis patients.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 May 1999
Amano A, Nakagawa I, Kataoka K, Morisaki I, Hamada S
Abstract excerpt
Fimbriae (FimA) of Porphyromonas gingivalis are filamentous components on the cell surface and are thought to play an important role in the colonization and invasion of periodontal tissues. We previously demonstrated that fimA can be classified into four variants (types I to IV) on the basis of the nucleotide sequences of the fimA gene. In the present study, we attempted to detect the four different fimA genes in...
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