A member of the peptidase M48 superfamily of Porphyromonas gingivalis is associated with virulence in vitro and in vivo

Background: In vivo-induced antigen technology was previously used to identify 115 genes induced in Porphyromonas gingivalis W83 during human infection. One of these, PG2197, a conserved hypothetical protein which has homology to a Zn-dependent protease, was examined with respect to a role in diseas...

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Main Authors: Sheila Walters, Myriam Bélanger, Paulo H. Rodrigues, Joan Whitlock, Ann Progulske-Fox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2009-11-01
Series:Journal of Oral Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.journaloforalmicrobiology.net/index.php/jom/article/view/2021/2602