Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 8 , Pages 545-549 , August 2010

Collagenolytic activity in sonic extracts of Tannerella forsythia

  • Norio Kawase

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, 2-11 Suemori-dori, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8651, Japan
    • ,
  • Jun-ichi Kishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, 1-100 Kusumoto-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, 2-11 Suemori-dori, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8651, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 52 759 2148; fax: +81 52 754 2299.
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  • Taro Hayakawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, School of Dentistry, Aichi-Gakuin University, 1-100 Kusumoto-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan

Received 10 December 2009 ,Revised 22 May 2010 ,Accepted 24 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.05.013

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 55, Issue 8 , Pages 545-549 , August 2010

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