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Hemoglobin hydrolysis and heme acquisition by Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Oral microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 2004
Dashper S G, Cross K J, Slakeski N, Lissel P, Aulakh P, Moore C, Reynolds E C
Abstract excerpt
Porphyromonas gingivalis has been implicated in the progression of chronic periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the supporting tissues of the teeth. This bacterium is a gram-negative, black-pigmented, asaccharolytic anaerobe that relies on the fermentation of amino acids for the production of metabolic energy. The Arg- and Lys-specific extracellular cysteine proteinases of P. gingivalis, RgpA, RgpB and Kgp...
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