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Genetic and antigenic analyses of Porphyromonas gingivalis FimA fimbriae.
Molecular oral microbiology - 1 Oct 2013
Nagano K, Abiko Y, Yoshida Y, Yoshimura F
Abstract excerpt
The periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis generally expresses two distinct fimbriae, FimA and Mfa1, which play a role in biofilm formation. The fimA gene that encodes FimA fimbrilin is polymorphic, and polymerase chain reaction analysis has identified six genotypes called types I-V and Ib. We found recently that fimbriae exhibit antigenic heterogeneity among the genotypes. In the present study, we...
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