Mutants in the ptlA-H genes of Bordetella pertussis are deficient for pertussis toxin secretion

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 479-484

  Craig Mylius, Kathleen A ^a,b   Weiss, Alison A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bordetella pertussis; Pertussis toxin; ptl; Secretion

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHO CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE TOXIN; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; MUTATION; OPERON; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 0032871546     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00447-4     Document Type: Article

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