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Cytokine production induced by a 67-kDa fimbrial protein from Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Jun 2002
Hamada N, Watanabe K, Arai M, Hiramine H, Umemoto T
Abstract excerpt
Fimbriae have been reported to play an important role in the adherence of Porphyromonas gingivalis to oral surfaces and possibly in triggering host responses. P. gingivalis ATCC 33277 has two distinctly different fimbriae expressed on the cell surface. The 67-kDa fimbriae differ in size and antigenicity from the earlier reported FimA, a major 41-kDa fimbrial component of P. gingivalis. Expression of the 67-kDa...
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