Article
Serum resistance in bvg-regulated mutants of Bordetella pertussis.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jun 1998
Fernandez R C, Weiss A A
Abstract excerpt
Serum resistance, or resistance to killing by antibody dependent pathway of complement, in Bordetella pertussis is bvg-regulated and the Bordetella resistance to killing (brk) locus mediates much of the resistance. Here we examined whether other bvg-regulated proteins contribute to serum resistan...
Topics
- Adenylate Cyclase Toxin
- Adhesins, Bacterial
- Adult
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Blood
- Blood Bactericidal Activity
- Bordetella pertussis
- Complement Pathway, Classical
- Hemagglutinins
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation
- Pertussis Toxin
- Transcription Factors
- Virulence
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella
- Whooping Cough
