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Role of <i>Bordetella bronchiseptica</i> Fimbriae in Tracheal Colonization and Development of a Humoral Immune Response
1 Apr 2000
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Fimbriae are filamentous, cell surface structures which have been proposed to mediate attachment of Bordetella species to respiratory epithelium. Bordetella bronchiseptica has four known fimbrial genes: fim2, fim3, fimX, and fimA. While these genes are unlinked on the chromosome, their protein products are assembled and secreted by a single apparatus encoded by the fimBCD locus. The fimBCD locus is embedded...
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