Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae can mediate adherence to many of the available
substrates in the oral cavity. Expression of P. gingivalis fimbriae is regulated at the …

Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae are an important virulence factor involved in attachment
and invasion. Fimbrillin, encoded by the fimA gene, is the major subunit protein of the …

Porphyromonas gingivalis is an important component of the complex plaque biofilm that is a
direct precursor of periodontal disease. The major fimbriae are required for attachment to …

Two different transcriptional start sites, as well as promoter regions and translational starts,
have been proposed for the fimA gene encoding a long fimbriae subunit protein of …

In common with many bacterial virulence genes, the fimbrillin (fimA) gene of Porphyromonas
gingivalis is modulated in response to environmental fluctuation. The trans-acting …

The Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbria is an important virulence factor involved in the
adherence and colonization of the organism in the oral cavity. In this study, we transformed …

Fimbriae have been reported to play an important role in the adherence of Porphyromonas
gingivalis to oral surfaces and possibly in triggering host responses. A structural subunit of …

Little is known about how Porphyromonas gingivalis, a Gram‐negative oral anaerobe,
senses environmental changes, and how such information is transmitted to the cell. The …

The downstream DNA region of the fimbrilin gene (fimA), which encodes the major subunit
protein of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae, was fully sequenced. Gene products …

Flanking DNA regions of the fimbrilin gene (designated fimA), which encodes the major
subunit protein of Porphyromonas (Bacteroides) gingivalis fimbriae, were cloned in several …