| Literature DB >> 17283109 |
Xiaoju Shi1, Shirley A Hanley, Marie-Claire Faray-Kele, Stuart C Fawell, Joseph Aduse-Opoku, Robert A Whiley, Michael A Curtis, Lucinda M C Hall.
Abstract
The rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis encodes a putative TonB-dependent outer membrane receptor, RagA, and a 55-kDa immunodominant antigen, RagB. Inactivation of either ragA or ragB prevented expression of both RagA and RagB. Both the ragA and ragB mutants were significantly less virulent than wild-type strains in a murine model of infection.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17283109 PMCID: PMC1865673 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01785-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441