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Bacteroides forsythus prtH genotype in periodontitis patients: occurrence and association with periodontal disease.
Journal of periodontal research - 1 Dec 2001
Tan K S, Song K P, Ong G
Abstract excerpt
Bacteroides forsythus has been described as a periodontopathogen and its presence in the subgingival plaque can lead to periodontal disease. Recently, a cysteine protease designated as prtH was isolated and characterized from B. forsythus ATCC 43037. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and the association of the prtH gene of B. forsythus with periodontal disease. A total of 160 subgingival...
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