title: Pasteurella multocida produces heat shock proteins in turkeys.
abstract: Pasteurella multocida produces an acute septicemic disease of turkeys. Since turkeys have a normal body temperature of 42 degrees C, it follows that P. multocida would produce heat shock proteins during the course of the infectious process. We show here that P. multocida produces several proteins at 42 degrees C, but not at 32 degrees C, and vice versa. Four of these proteins (70, 60, 40, and 35 kDa in molecular mass) were recognized by serum obtained from a turkey infected with P. multocida, suggesting that they were produced in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Love
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hirsh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D016979:Pasteurella multocida / Q000378:metabolism*; D014422:Turkeys / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins