Congo red binding by Porphyromonas gingivalis is mediated by a 66 kDa outer-membrane protein.

doi:10.1099/00221287-141-1-205

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Congo red binding by Porphyromonas gingivalis is mediated by a 66 kDa outer-membrane protein.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 1995

Smalley J W, Birss A J, McKee A S, Marsh P D

Abstract excerpt

Congo red was bound from solution by strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis including W50, HG189, HG184, NCTC 11834, Bg 381, WPH35, the slower brown pigmenting colonial variant W50/BR1, and the avirulent mutant W50/BE1, and by Porphyromonas endodontalis HG370 and Porphyromonas asaccharolytica B537....

Topics

Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Congo Red
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Endopeptidases
Genetic Variation
Kinetics
Molecular Weight
Polymyxin B
Porphyromonas
Porphyromonas gingivalis
Protein Binding
Species Specificity

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