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Streptococcus cristatus ArcA interferes with Porphyromonas gingivalis pathogenicity in mice.
Journal of periodontal research - 1 Oct 2012
Xie H, Hong J, Sharma A, Wang B-Y
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Porphyromonas gingivalis has been implicated as one of the major pathogens in chronic periodontitis, an infectious disease affecting the majority of the adult population. We have previously demonstrated that a surface protein, arginine deiminase (ArcA), of Streptococcus cristatus represses production of P. gingivalis long fimbriae and interrupts the formation of P. gingivalis biofilms in...
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