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The role of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and its leukotoxin in periodontitis

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram-negative periodontitis-associated bacterium that expresses a toxin that selectively affects leukocytes. Leukotoxin is encoded by an operon belonging to the core genome of this bacterial species. Variations in the expression of the leukotoxin have been...

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Autores principales: Johansson, Anders, Claesson, Rolf, Lindholm, Mark, Höglund Åberg, Carola, Oscarsson, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5646643/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2017.1325203