Heparin-inhibitable lectin activity of the filamentous hemagglutinin adhesin of Bordetella pertussis.

Bordetella pertussis, the etiologic agent of whooping cough, produces an outer membrane-associated filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) which is the major adhesin of this organism. FHA exhibits a lectin-like activity for heparin and dextran sulfate. By using in vitro adherence assays to cultured epitheli...

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Main Authors: Menozzi, F D, Mutombo, R, Renauld, G, Gantiez, C, Hannah, J H, Leininger, E, Brennan, M J, Locht, C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1994
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC186182/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8112848
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