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Role of superoxide dismutase activity in the physiology of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 1999
Lynch M C, Kuramitsu H K
Abstract excerpt
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a gram-negative, obligate anaerobe strongly associated with chronic adult periodontitis. A previous study has demonstrated that this organism requires superoxide dismutase (SOD) for its modest aerotolerance. In this study, we have constructed a mutant deficient in SOD activity by insertional inactivation as well as a sod::lacZ reporter translational fusion construct to study the...
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