Pertussis Toxin and Adenylate Cyclase Toxin Provide a One-Two Punch for Establishment of Bordetella pertussis Infection of the Respiratory Tract

Previously we found that pertussis toxin (PT), an exotoxin virulence factor produced by Bordetella pertussis, plays an important early role in colonization of the respiratory tract by this pathogen, using a mouse intranasal infection model. In this study, we examined the early role played by another...

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Main Authors: Carbonetti, Nicholas H., Artamonova, Galina V., Andreasen, Charlotte, Bushar, Nicholas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2005
Subjects:
Bacterial Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1087369/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15845471
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.73.5.2698-2703.2005
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