Extracellular Actin Is a Receptor for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, an agriculturally important porcine pathogen, disrupts the mucociliary escalator causing ciliostasis, loss of cilial function, and epithelial cell death within the porcine lung. Losses to swine production due to growth rate retardation and reduced feed conversion efficiency...

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Main Authors: Benjamin B. A. Raymond, Ranya Madhkoor, Ina Schleicher, Cord C. Uphoff, Lynne Turnbull, Cynthia B. Whitchurch, Manfred Rohde, Matthew P. Padula, Steven P. Djordjevic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00054/full