Deletion of amino acids 29 to 81 in adhesion protein YadA of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:8 results in selective abrogation of adherence to neutrophils.
Roggenkamp A, Ruckdeschel K, Leitritz L, Schmitt R, Heesemann J.
Roggenkamp A, et al. Among authors: heesemann j.
Infect Immun. 1996 Jul;64(7):2506-14. doi: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2506-2514.1996.
Infect Immun. 1996.
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This functional deficiency was comparable to that of a yadA-null mutant (K. Ruckdeschel, A. Roggenkamp, S. Schubert, and J. Heesemann, Infect. Immun. 64:724-733, 1996). Moreover, mutant WA(pYVO8-ADelta29-81) turned out to be attenuated in virulence comparably to the …
This functional deficiency was comparable to that of a yadA-null mutant (K. Ruckdeschel, A. Roggenkamp, S. Schubert, and J. Heesem …