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fimA Genotypes and Multilocus Sequence Types of Porphyromonas gingivalis from Patients with Periodontitis

Fimbriae are important virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria, facilitating their attachment to host and bacterial cells. In the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, the fimA gene is classified into six types (genotypes I, Ib, II, III, IV, and V) on the basis of different nucleotide sequ...

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Main Authors: Enersen, Morten, Olsen, Ingar, Kvalheim, Øyvind, Caugant, Dominique A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2224254/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17977992
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00986-07
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