Outer membrane vesicles of Porphyromonas gingivalis elicit a mucosal immune response.

We previously reported that mutation of galE in Porphyromonas gingivalis has pleiotropic effects, including a truncated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antigen and deglycosylation of the outer membrane protein OMP85 homolog. In the present study, further analysis of the galE mutant revealed that it produ...

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Main Authors: Ryoma Nakao, Hideki Hasegawa, Kuniyasu Ochiai, Shogo Takashiba, Akira Ainai, Makoto Ohnishi, Haruo Watanabe, Hidenobu Senpuku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3193504?pdf=render