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Characterization of a novel potential peptide import system in Treponema denticola.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Oct 2018
Asai Tomohiro, Okamoto-Shibayama Kazuko, Kikuchi Yuichiro, Ishihara Kazuyuki
Abstract excerpt
Treponema denticola is a major etiologic agent of chronic periodontitis. On the outer sheath of T. denticola, several proteins, such as the major outer sheath protein and dentilisin were detected, and among them, a 95 kDa protein which has not yet been characterized. The aim of this study was to characterize the function of this 95 kDa protein containing gene cluster. A gene encoding this 95 kDa protein...
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