The number of direct repeats in hagA is variable among Porphyromonas gingivalis strains.

doi:10.1128/IAI.66.10.4721-4725.1998

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The number of direct repeats in hagA is variable among Porphyromonas gingivalis strains.

Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 1998

Kozarov E, Whitlock J, Dong H, Carrasco E, Progulske-Fox A

Abstract excerpt

The coding sequence for the surface protein hemagglutinin A (HagA) of Porphyromonas gingivalis 381 has previously been shown to contain four direct 1.35-kb repeats, designated repHA. This study was performed to determine if the number of repHA units in hagA is consistently 4 or if allelic polymor...

Topics

Abscess
Alleles
Animals
Antigenic Variation
Bacterial Proteins
Bacteroidaceae Infections
Female
Hemagglutinins
Immunization
Lectins
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Porphyromonas gingivalis
Species Specificity
Virulence

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