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Microevolution in the major outer membrane protein OmpA of Acinetobacter baumannii.
Microbial genomics - 1 Jun 2020
Viale Alejandro M, Evans Benjamin A
Abstract excerpt
Acinetobacter baumannii is nowadays a relevant nosocomial pathogen characterized by multidrug resistance (MDR) and concomitant difficulties to treat infections. OmpA is the most abundant A. baumannii outer membrane (OM) protein, and is involved in virulence, host-cell recognition, biofilm formation, regulation of OM stability, permeability and antibiotic resistance. OmpA members are two-domain proteins with an...
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