BORDETELLA-BRONCHISEPTICA EXPRESSES THE FIMBRIAL STRUCTURAL SUBUNIT GENE FIMA

Authors
BOSCHWITZ JS VANDERHEIDE HGJ MOOI FR RELMAN DA
Citation
Js. Boschwitz et al., BORDETELLA-BRONCHISEPTICA EXPRESSES THE FIMBRIAL STRUCTURAL SUBUNIT GENE FIMA, Journal of bacteriology, 179(24), 1997, pp. 7882-7885
Citations number
19
Journal title
Journal of bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219193
Volume
179
Issue
24
Year of publication
1997
Pages
7882 - 7885
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(1997)179:24<7882:BETFSS>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The differential host species specificities of Bordetella pertussis, B . parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica might be explained by polymorph isms in adherence factor genes. We have found that B. parapertussis an d B. bronchiseptica, unlike B. pertussis, contain a full-length gene f or the fimbrial subunit FimA. B. bronchiseptica expresses fimA in a Bv gAS-dependent fashion.