| Literature DB >> 1997420 |
M Pizza1, M Bugnoli, P Pucci, R Siciliano, G Marino, R Rappuoli.
Abstract
The two published sequences of the pertussis toxin operon differ in 3 bp in the S1 subunit gene. In this report, we provide evidence that Bordetella pertussis strains are able to produce active pertussis toxin only when they contain one of the two possible nucleotide sequences.Mesh:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1997420 PMCID: PMC258385 DOI: 10.1128/iai.59.3.1177-1179.1991
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441