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<i>Haemophilusducreyi</i> Requires an Intact <i>flp</i> Gene Cluster for VirulenceinHumans
25 Nov 2003
Abstract excerpt
An intact Haemophilus ducreyi flp operon is essential for microcolony formation in vitro. tadA is the 9th of 15 genes in the operon and has homology to NTPases of type IV secretion systems. Fifteen human volunteers were experimentally infected with both H. ducreyi 35000HP and the tadA mutant, 35000HP.400. Papules developed at similar rates at sites inoculated with the mutant and parent, while pustules formed at...
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