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P159 from<i>Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae</i>Binds Porcine Cilia and Heparin and Is Cleaved in a Manner Akin to Ectodomain Shedding
6 Nov 2013
Abstract excerpt
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae colonizes the ciliated epithelial lining of the upper respiratory tract of swine and results in chronic infection. Previously, we have observed that members of P97 and P102 paralog families of cilium adhesins undergo endoproteolytic processing on the surface of M. hyopneumoniae. We show that P159 (MHJ_0494), an epithelial cell adhesin unrelated to P97 and P102 paralog families, is a...
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