Porphyromonas gingivalis-nucleoside-diphosphate-kinase inhibits ATP-induced reactive-oxygen-species via P2X7 receptor/NADPH-oxidase signalling and contributes to persistence.

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Published in Cell Microbiol on January 09, 2013

Authors

Chul Hee Choi1, Ralee Spooner, Jefferson DeGuzman, Theofilos Koutouzis, David M Ojcius, Özlem Yilmaz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Periodontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.

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