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Identification of a collagen type I adhesin of Bacteroides fragilis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Galvão Bruna P G V, Weber Brandon W, Rafudeen Mohamed S, Ferreira Eliane O, Patrick Sheila, Abratt Valerie R
Abstract excerpt
Bacteroides fragilis is an opportunistic pathogen which can cause life threatening infections in humans and animals. The ability to adhere to components of the extracellular matrix, including collagen, is related to bacterial host colonisation. Collagen Far Western analysis of the B. fragilis outer membrane protein (OMP) fraction revealed the presence two collagen adhesin bands of ∼ 31 and ∼ 34 kDa. The collagen...
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