<i>Porphyromonas gingivalis</i> Minor Fimbriae Are Required for Cell-Cell Interactions
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- Xinghua Lin
- School of Dentistry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Jie Wu
- School of Dentistry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Hua Xie
- School of Dentistry, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
説明
<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p> Two distinctive types of fimbriae have been identified in <jats:italic>Porphyromonas gingivalis</jats:italic> . In this report, we demonstrate that minor fimbriae are involved in <jats:italic>P. gingivalis</jats:italic> autoaggregation and colonization. A mutant with a deficiency in minor fimbriae can bind to a saliva-coated surface but does not form microcolonies as the wild-type strain does. </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Infection and Immunity
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Infection and Immunity 74 (10), 6011-6015, 2006-10
American Society for Microbiology
