The rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis contributes to virulence in a murine model of soft tissue destruction

Xiaoju Shi; Shirley A. Hanley; Marie Claire Faray-Kele; Stuart C. Fawell; Joseph Aduse-Opoku; Robert A. Whiley; Michael A. Curtis; Lucinda M.C. Hall

doi:10.1128/IAI.01785-06

The rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis contributes to virulence in a murine model of soft tissue destruction

Xiaoju Shi, Shirley A. Hanley, Marie Claire Faray-Kele, Stuart C. Fawell, Joseph Aduse-Opoku, Robert A. Whiley, Michael A. Curtis, Lucinda M.C. Hall

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The rag locus of Porphyromonas gingivalis encodes a putative TonB-dependent outer membrane receptor, RagA, and a 55-kDa immunodominant antigen, RagB. Inactivation of either ragA or ragB prevented expression of both RagA and RagB. Both the ragA and ragB mutants were significantly less virulent than wild-type strains in a murine model of infection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2071-2074
Number of pages	4
Journal	Infection and Immunity
Volume	75
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.01785-06
Publication status	Published - Apr 2007
Externally published	Yes

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