Surface-exposed antibody-accessible outer membrane proteins of Bordetella pertussis.
The convalescent sera from a patient recovered from whooping cough were used to identify the surface-exposed antibody-accessible outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Bordetella pertussis. The results indicated that the 69,000 OMP, the 40,000 porin, agglutinogens 2 and 3, and a number of presently unknown OMPs were exposed on the surface. The importance of these surface-exposed antigens in the protection against whooping cough is discussed.
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Department of Microbiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Canada.
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000276:immunology*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008970:Molecular Weight; D014917:Whooping Cough / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins