Outer membrane channel protein of an oral pathogen binds human cytokine IL-8
Opportunistic pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans resides in the multispecies biofilm in dento-gingival junction. A. actinomycetemcomitans binds and uptakes human proinflammatory cytokines, which may increase the bacterial virulence. Outer membrane secretin channel (here OMS), a DNA bind...
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| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Oral Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2017.1325206 |