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Contribution of pertussis toxin to the pathogenesis of pertussis disease

Pertussis toxin (PT) is a multisubunit protein toxin secreted by Bordetella pertussis, the bacterial agent of the disease pertussis or whooping cough. PT in detoxified form is a component of all licensed acellular pertussis vaccines, since it is considered to be an important virulence factor for thi...

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Published in:Pathog Dis
Main Author: Carbonetti, Nicholas H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4626579/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26394801
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femspd/ftv073
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