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- Title
Virulence mechanisms of Tannerella forsythia.
- Authors
Sharma, Ashu
- Abstract
The article discusses the virulence functions of Tannerella forsythia (T. forsythia), an anaerobic organism involved in the onset of various periodontal disease. It states that the trypsin activity of T. forsythia is associated with the degradation of small peptides. It discusses several glycosidic functions of the bacteria such as expression of exo-α-sialidases and encoding of putative glycosidases. It adds that the T. forsythia needs to interact with other bacteria to induce growth and virulence.
- Subjects
MICROBIAL virulence; PERIODONTAL disease; TRYPSIN; GLYCOSIDASES; ANAEROBIC bacteria growth
- Publication
Periodontology 2000, 2010, Vol 54, Issue 1, p106
- ISSN
0906-6713
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0757.2009.00332.x