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SigCH, an extracytoplasmic function sigma factor of Porphyromonas gingivalis regulates the expression of cdhR and hmuYR.
Anaerobe - 1 Feb 2017
Ota Koki, Kikuchi Yuichiro, Imamura Kentaro, Kita Daichi, Yoshikawa Kouki, Saito Atsushi, Ishihara Kazuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors play an important role in the bacterial response to various environmental stresses. Porphyromonas gingivalis, a prominent etiological agent in human periodontitis, possesses six putative ECF sigma factors. So far, information is limited on the ECF sigma factor, PGN_0319. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of PGN_0319 (SigCH) of P. gingivalis, focusing...
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