<i>Bartonella</i> Adhesin A Mediates a Proangiogenic Host Cell Response

Rieß, Tanja; G. E. Andersson, Siv; N. Lupas, Andrei; Schaller, Martin; Schäfer, Andrea; Kyme, Pierre; Martin, Jörg; Wälzlein, Joo-Hee; Ehehalt, Urs; Lindroos, Hillevi; Schirle, Markus; Nordheim, Alfred; B. Autenrieth, Ingo; A. J. Kempf, Volkhard

doi:10.1084/jem.20040500

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Bartonella Adhesin A Mediates a Proangiogenic Host Cell Response

Published in The Journal of Experimental Medicine • Nov 8, 2004

Authors:

Tanja Rieß

Siv G. E. Andersson

Andrei N. Lupas

Abstract

Bartonella henselae causes vasculoproliferative disorders in humans. We identified a nonfimbrial adhesin of B. henselae designated as Bartonella adhesin A (BadA). BadA is a 340-kD outer membrane protein encoded by the 9.3-kb badA gene. It has a modular structure and contains domains homologous to th...

Subject

Bartonella henselae

Biology

Bacterial adhesin

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