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Adhesive properties of YapV and paralogous autotransporter proteins of Yersinia pestis.
Infection and immunity - 1 May 2015
Nair Manoj K M, De Masi Leon, Yue Min, Galván Estela M, Chen Huaiqing, Wang Fang, Schifferli Dieter M
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia pestis is the causative agent of plague. This bacterium evolved from an ancestral enteroinvasive Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strain by gene loss and acquisition of new genes, allowing it to use fleas as transmission vectors. Infection frequently leads to a rapidly lethal outcome in humans, a variety of rodents, and cats. This study focuses on the Y. pestis KIM yapV gene and its product, recognized as an...
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