Novel fimbrilin PGN_1808 in Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontopathic gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, generally expresses two types of fimbriae, FimA and Mfa1. However, a novel potential fimbrilin, PGN_1808, in P. gingivalis strain ATCC 33277 was recently identified by an in silico structural homology search. In this stu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keiji Nagano, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Yasuo Yoshida, Fuminobu Yoshimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5351860?pdf=render