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(biochemistry) A highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, a bacterium that causes pertussis.

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pertactin

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(biochemistry) A highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, a bacterium that causes pertussis.

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百日咳菌（Bordetella pertussis）に属し、強い免疫原性を示す病原性因子。

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Researchers found that pertactin plays a crucial role in inducing an immune response during Bordetella pertussis infection.

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研究者たちは、ペルタクチンが百日咳菌感染時の免疫応答を誘導する上で重要な役割を果たすことを発見した。

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(biochemistry) A highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, a bacterium that causes pertussis.

Bpp5 has intact genes encoding known adherence factors, such as filamentous hemaglutinin (fhaB, fhaL, fhaC, fhaS), pertactin (prn) and fimbriae (fimD, fimC, fimB, fimA, fim2, fim3, fimN, fimX), and the sequence similarity was greater than 90% in comparison to B.

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