Article
Evaluation of the role of the Bvg intermediate phase in Bordetella pertussis during experimental respiratory infection.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2005
Vergara-Irigaray Nuria, Chávarri-Martínez Alberto, Rodríguez-Cuesta Juan, Miller Jeff F, Cotter Peggy A, Martínez de Tejada Guillermo
Abstract excerpt
The BvgAS system of Bordetella pertussis was traditionally considered to mediate a transition between two phenotypic phases (Bvg(+) and Bvg(-)) in response to environmental signals. We characterized a third state, the intermediate (Bvg(i)) phase, which can be induced by introducing a 1-bp substitution into bvgS (the bvgS-I1 mutation) or by growing B. pertussis under conditions intermediate between those leading...
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