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Characterization of the filamentous hemagglutinin-like protein FhaS in Bordetella bronchiseptica.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2005
Julio Steven M, Cotter Peggy A
Abstract excerpt
Filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) is a large (>200 kDa), rod-shaped protein expressed by bordetellae that is both surface-associated and secreted. FHA mediates bacterial adherence to epithelial cells and macrophages in vitro and is absolutely required for tracheal colonization in vivo. The recently sequenced Bordetella bronchiseptica genome revealed the presence of a gene, fhaS, that is nearly identical to fhaB,...
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