A curated genome-scale metabolic model of Bordetella pertussis metabolism.

The Gram-negative bacterium Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of whooping cough, a serious respiratory infection causing hundreds of thousands of deaths annually worldwide. There are effective vaccines, but their production requires growing large quantities of B. pertussis. Unfortunately,...

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Main Authors: Nick Fyson, Jerry King, Thomas Belcher, Andrew Preston, Caroline Colijn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5553986?pdf=render