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The autolysin of Porphyromonas gingivalis is involved in outer membrane vesicle release
Jun-ichiro Hayashi1, Nobushiro Hamada, Howard K Kuramitsu
1Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|November 19, 2002
Abstract:
An autolysin mutant of Porphyromonas gingivalis was constructed and its outer membrane vesicle production was compared to that of wild-type strain 381. The autolysin mutant produced elevated levels of vesicles relative to the parental strain. It is suggested that vesicle formation of this organism may be regulated by cell wall turnover.