The Porphyromonas gingivalis Ferric Uptake Regulator Orthologue Binds Hemin and Regulates Hemin-Responsive Biofilm Development

Catherine A Butler; Stuart G Dashper; Lianyi Zhang; Christine A Seers; Helen L Mitchell; Deanne V Catmull; Michelle D Glew; Jacqueline E Heath; Yan Tan; Hasnah SG Khan; Eric C Reynolds

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The Porphyromonas gingivalis Ferric Uptake Regulator Orthologue Binds Hemin and Regulates Hemin-Responsive Biofilm Development

Catherine A Butler, Stuart G Dashper, Lianyi Zhang, Christine A Seers, Helen L Mitchell, Deanne V Catmull, Michelle D Glew, Jacqueline E Heath, Yan Tan, Hasnah SG Khan, Eric C Reynolds

PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111168

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Eric Reynolds Author Melbourne Dental School

Christine Seers Author Melbourne Dental School

Lianyi Zhang Author Melbourne Dental School

Catherine Butler Author Melbourne Dental School

Deanne Catmull Author Melbourne Dental School

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Financial assistance was received from The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (https://www.nhmc.gov.au/) project grant 1008055 and Australian Dental Research Foundation (http://www.ada.org.au/about/adrfgrants.aspx) grant 22/2002. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.