Article
Hybrid genes over-express pertactin from Bordetella pertussis.
Vaccine - 1 Apr 1995
Loosmore S M, Yacoob R K, Zealey G R, Jackson G E, Yang Y P, Chong P S, Shortreed J M, Coleman D C, Cunningham J D, Gisonni L
Abstract excerpt
Pertactin is a surface adhesin of Bordetella pertussis which is produced in small quantities when expressed from the native prn promoter. Hybrid genes were constructed in which the prn promoter was replaced by either the fha or tox promoter. Recombinant B. pertussis strains containing chromosomally integrated hybrid tox promoter/prn (toxpprn) or fha promoter/prn (fhapprn) genes expressed pertactin at...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Bordetella pertussis
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Recombinant
- Gene Amplification
