Bordetella bronchiseptica expresses the fimbrial structural subunit gene fimA

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作者
Boschwitz, JS
vanderHeide, HGJ
Mooi, FR
Relman, DA
机构
[1] VET AFFAIRS PALO ALTO HLTH CARE SYST 154T, PALO ALTO, CA 94304 USA
[2] NATL INST PUBL HLTH & ENVIRONM, INFECT DIS LAB, NL-3720 BA BILTHOVEN, NETHERLANDS
[3] STANFORD UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA
[4] STANFORD UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT MED, STANFORD, CA 94305 USA
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10.1128/jb.179.24.7882-7885.1997
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The differential host species specificities of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica might be explained by polymorphisms in adherence factor genes. We have found that B. parapertussis and B. bronchiseptica, unlike B. pertussis, contain a full-length gene for the fimbrial subunit FimA. B. bronchiseptica expresses fimA in a BvgAS-dependent fashion.
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