Inactivation of the Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA gene blocks periodontal damage in gnotobiotic rats

• Published in: Journal of Bacteriology 1994-02, Vol.176 (4), p.1052-1059
• Main Authors: MALEK, R, FISHER, J. G, CALECA, A, STINSON, M, VAN OSS, C. J, LEE, J.-Y, CHO, M.-I, GENCO, R. J, EVANS, R. T, DYER, D. W
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alveolar Bone Loss - microbiology; Animals; Bacterial Adhesion - physiology; Bacterial Proteins - biosynthesis; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; Blotting, Western; Conjugation, Genetic; Disease; Durapatite - metabolism; Fimbriae Proteins; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes; Genes, Bacterial - genetics; Genetics; Germ-Free Life; Hemagglutination Tests; Male; Microbiology; Mutagenesis, Insertional; Mutation; Plasmids - genetics; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Porphyromonas gingivalis - genetics; Porphyromonas gingivalis - pathogenicity; Porphyromonas gingivalis - ultrastructure; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Recombination, Genetic; Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; Rodents; Saliva - metabolism; Streptococcus; Teeth; Virulence
• ISSN: 0021-9193; 1067-8832; 1098-5530
• DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.4.1052-1059.1994

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