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Both adenylate cyclase and hemolytic activities are required by Bordetella pertussis to initiate infection.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Mar 1992
Khelef N, Sakamoto H, Guiso N
Abstract excerpt
Among virulence factors synthesized and secreted by Bordetella pertussis, pertussis toxin (PTX) and the bifunctional adenylate cyclase-hemolysin (AC-Hly) are able to invade mammalian cells and to impair intracellular functions. Moreover, both proteins are protective antigens in murine intracerebral and respiratory models. In order to study their in vivo properties, different B. pertussis mutants, deficient in...
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