Comparative study of hemolytic activity of Bordetella species
Background and objectives: Bordetella species colonize the respiratory tract of mammals and thereby cause the whooping cough. Most of the species produce adenylate cyclase - a toxin ( hemolysin ) responsible for increasing intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) levels in mammalian neutrophils and macrophag...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2009-06-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/14 |