Pertactin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pertactin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) A highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, a bacterium that causes pertussis.
Meaning
(biochemistry) A highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, a bacterium that causes pertussis.
Example Sentences
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pentraxin, attacin, cyclolysin, pentaxin, tectorin, actopaxin.
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