Multiple colonization defects in a cysteine protease mutant of Porphyromonas gingivalis.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0765.1997.tb01395.x

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Multiple colonization defects in a cysteine protease mutant of Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Journal of periodontal research - 1 Jan 1997

Kuramitsu H, Tokuda M, Yoneda M, Duncan M, Cho M I

Abstract excerpt

A cysteine protease mutant, G-102, of Porphyromonas gingivalis 381 defective in the rgp-1 gene has been recently constructed in this laboratory. In order to evaluate the role of the protease in the virulence properties of P. gingivalis, a number of putative periodontopathic properties of the muta...

Topics

Adhesins, Bacterial
Bacterial Adhesion
Cysteine Endopeptidases
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Gingipain Cysteine Endopeptidases
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Hemagglutinins
Humans
KB Cells
Mutation
Porphyromonas gingivalis
Virulence

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