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Cloning and characterisation of the Pasteurella multocida ahpA gene responsible for a haemolytic phenotype in Escherichia coli.
Veterinary microbiology - 1 Mar 2000
Cox A J, Hunt M L, Ruffolo C G, Adler B
Abstract excerpt
Haemolysins are membrane-damaging agents which have been described as bacterial virulence factors due to their ability to lyse erythrocytes and other host cells, and therefore inducing a greater inflammatory response (Elliott et al., 1998). Pasteurella multocida was found to be haemolytic under anaerobic conditions. In this study, we cloned and characterised a P. multocida gene, designated ahpA, which conferred a...
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