Phase variation in Bartonella henselae.

doi:10.1099/mic.0.26014-0

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Phase variation in Bartonella henselae.

Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Mar 2003

Kyme Pierre, Dillon Belinda, Iredell Jonathan

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Bartonella henselae is a fastidious, Gram-negative bacterial pathogen of cats and humans. Previous workers have shown that serial passage in vitro leads to attenuation of virulence-associated attributes such as expression of pili, invasion of human epithelial cell lines and the stimulation of endothelial cell proliferation. In contrast to the published data, it was found that pilin expression is frequently...

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Animals
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Bartonella henselae
Biofilms
Cat Diseases
Cat-Scratch Disease
Cats
Culture Media
Fimbriae Proteins
Humans
Lipopolysaccharides
Phenotype
Virulence

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PMID: 12634331
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26014-0

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