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Novel genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity in Bordetella bronchiseptica pertactin.
Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 2001
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Abstract excerpt
The Bordetella bronchiseptica outer membrane protein pertactin is believed to function as an adhesin and is an important protective immunogen. Previous sequence analysis of the pertactin gene identified two regions predicted to encode amino acid repeat motifs. Recent studies have documented DNA sequence heterogeneity in both regions. The present study describes additional variants in these regions, which form the...
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