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Molecular evolution of the two-component system BvgAS involved in virulence regulation in Bordetella.
PloS one - 14 Sept 2009
Herrou Julien, Debrie Anne-Sophie, Willery Eve, Renauld-Mongénie Geneviève, Renaud-Mongénie Geneviève, Locht Camille, Mooi Frits, Jacob-Dubuisson Françoise, Antoine Rudy
Abstract excerpt
The whooping cough agent Bordetella pertussis is closely related to Bordetella bronchiseptica, which is responsible for chronic respiratory infections in various mammals and is occasionally found in humans, and to Bordetella parapertussis, one lineage of which causes mild whooping cough in humans and the other ovine respiratory infections. All three species produce similar sets of virulence factors that are...
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