Vesicle-independent extracellular release of a proinflammatory outer membrane lipoprotein in free-soluble form

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans </it>is an oral bacterium associated with aggressively progressing periodontitis. Extracellular release of bacterial outer membrane proteins has been suggested to mainly occur via...

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Main Authors: Oscarsson Jan, Zhong Deyu, Eneslätt Kjell, Ihalin Riikka, Karched Maribasappa, Wai Sun N, Chen Casey, Asikainen Sirkka E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/18