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The oral pathogen <i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> resists the antimicrobial peptide LGL13K and evades the D-enantiomer by synonymous mutations in <i>hagA</i>
2023-09-07
Abstract excerpt
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a keystone pathogen for periodontal disease. The bacteria are black-pigmented and require heme for growth. P. gingivalis exhibit resistance to many antimicrobial peptides, including the L-enantiomer of the antimicrobial peptide GL13K, which contributes to their success in the oral cavity. P. gingivalis W50 was resistant to LGL13K but susceptible to the stereo-isomer DGL13K. Upon prolo...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 75bce517-a2a4-5714-8340-966fea0554aa
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.09.07.556717
