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A biochemical analysis of the interaction of Porphyromonas gingivalis HU PG0121 protein with DNA.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Tjokro Natalia O, Rocco Christopher J, Priyadarshini Richa, Davey Mary E, Goodman Steven D
Abstract excerpt
K-antigen capsule, a key virulence determinant of the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, is synthesized by proteins encoded in a series of genes transcribed as a large polycistronic message. Previously, we identified a 77-base pair inverted repeat region with the potential to form a large stem-loop structure at the 5' end of this locus. PG0121, one of two genes flanking the capsule operon, was found to be...
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