pertactin

English

Noun

pertactin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A highly immunogenic virulence factor of Bordetella pertussis, a bacterium that causes pertussis.
   • 2015 July 10, “Host Specificity of Ovine Bordetella parapertussis and the Role of Complement”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     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.

Anagrams

• pittancer, crepitant, petractin