The multiple forms of trypsin-like activity present in various strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis are due to the presence of either Arg-gingipain or Lys-gingipain.

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Published in Infect Immun on April 01, 1995

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J Potempa1, R Pike, J Travis

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1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland.

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