A role for fimbriae in Porphyromonas gingivalis invasion of oral epithelial cells

Isogenic mutants of Porphyromonas gingivalis which differ in the expression of fimbriae were used to examine the contribution of fimbriae in invasion of a human oral epithelial cell line (KB). At a multiplicity of infection of 100, the wild-type P. gingivalis strains 33277, 381, and A7436 exhibited...

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Published in:	Infection and immunity Vol. 65; no. 5; p. 1980
Main Authors:	Njoroge, T, Genco, R J, Sojar, H T, Hamada, N, Genco, C A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.05.1997
Subjects:	Antibodies, Blocking Bacterial Adhesion - genetics Bacterial Proteins - genetics Bacteroidaceae Infections - genetics Bacteroidaceae Infections - microbiology Fimbriae Proteins Fimbriae, Bacterial - genetics Fimbriae, Bacterial - immunology Fimbriae, Bacterial - physiology Humans KB Cells - ultrastructure Microscopy, Electron Microscopy, Electron, Scanning Mouth Mucosa - microbiology Porphyromonas gingivalis - genetics Porphyromonas gingivalis - pathogenicity Porphyromonas gingivalis - ultrastructure
ISSN:	0019-9567
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