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Expression of the LspA1 and LspA2 proteins by Haemophilus ducreyi is required for virulence in human volunteers.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2004
Janowicz Diane M, Fortney Kate R, Katz Barry P, Latimer Jo L, Deng Kaiping, Hansen Eric J, Spinola Stanley M
Abstract excerpt
Haemophilus ducreyi colocalizes with polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages and evades phagocytosis during experimental infection of human volunteers. H. ducreyi contains two genes, lspA1 and lspA2, which encode predicted proteins of 456 and 543 kDa, respectively. Compared to its wild-type parent, an lspA1 lspA2 double mutant does not inhibit phagocytosis by macrophage and myelocytic cell lines in vitro and...
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