Acinetobacter baumannii secretes cytotoxic outer membrane protein A via outer membrane vesicles.

Acinetobacter baumannii is an important nosocomial pathogen that causes a high morbidity and mortality rate in infected patients, but pathogenic mechanisms of this microorganism regarding the secretion and delivery of virulence factors to host cells have not been characterized. Gram-negative bacteri...

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Main Authors: Jong Sook Jin, Sang-Oh Kwon, Dong Chan Moon, Mamata Gurung, Jung Hwa Lee, Seung Il Kim, Je Chul Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3046175?pdf=render