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Aug 2026
Two cysteine dioxygenase homologs contribute to the fitness and virulence of a human pathogen
ABSTRACT Bordetella pertussis is a strictly human, re-emerging respiratory pathogen and the causative agent of whooping cough. Through its adaptation to humans, B. pertussis decayed or lost genes of the sulfate assimilation pathway and, consequently, must obtain cysteine from the host. Previously, we showed that the su...
Argha Saha, Denisa Petráčková, Jana Holubová et al.
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