Structure of Bordetella pertussis virulence factor P.69 pertactin.
Emsley, P., Charles, I.G., Fairweather, N.F., Isaacs, N.W.(1996) Nature 381: 90-92
- PubMed: 8609998 
- DOI: 10.1038/381090a0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1DAB - PubMed Abstract: 
A new generation of whooping-cough vaccines contain P.69 pertactin, a surface-exposed domain of an outer membrane protein expressed by the virulent bacterium Bordetella pertussis. This protein is a virulence factor that mediates adhesion to target mammalian cells, a reaction that is in part mediated by an RGD sequence ...