Article
Differential regulation of Bordetella pertussis virulence factors.
Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie : international journal of medical microbiology - 1 Apr 1993
Gross R, Carbonetti N H
Abstract excerpt
Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of whooping cough, regulates its virulence factors coordinately according to environmental parameters such as temperature and certain chemicals. A regulatory locus has been characterized which is essential for this regulation. This bvg locus codes for a two-component regulatory system composed of the sensor protein BvgS and the transcriptional activator protein BvgA. It...
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