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Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Virulence Factors > Virulence Factors, Bordetella
Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Bacterial Toxins > Virulence Factors, Bordetella

Preferred term

Virulence Factors, Bordetella  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A set of BACTERIAL ADHESINS and TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL produced by BORDETELLA organisms that determine the pathogenesis of BORDETELLA INFECTIONS, such as WHOOPING COUGH. They include filamentous hemagglutinin; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; pertactin; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; ADENYLATE CYCLASE TOXIN; dermonecrotic toxin; tracheal cytotoxin; Bordetella LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; and tracheal colonization factor.

Entry terms

  • Bordetella Virulence Determinant
  • Bordetella Virulence Factors

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TD4H062B-C

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