Article
Role of extracytoplasmic function sigma factors in biofilm formation of Porphyromonas gingivalis.
BMC oral health - 17 Jan 2015
Onozawa Satosu, Kikuchi Yuichiro, Shibayama Kazuko, Kokubu Eitoyo, Nakayama Masaaki, Inoue Tetsuyoshi, Nakano Keisuke, Shibata Yukinaga, Ohara Naoya, Nakayama Koji, Ishihara Kazuyuki, Kawakami Toshiyuki, Hasegawa Hiromasa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Porphyromonas gingivalis has been implicated as a major pathogen in the development and progression of chronic periodontitis. P. gingivalis biofilm formation in the subgingival crevice plays an important role in the ability of the bacteria to tolerate stress signals outside the cytoplasmic membrane. Some bacteria use a distinct subfamily of sigma factors to regulate their extracytoplasmic functions...
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