Unbinding forces of single pertussis tox
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Nadège Moreno; Michel Chevalier; Frédéric Ronzon; Catherine Manin; Monique Dupuy
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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An inactivated form of pertussis toxin (PTX) is the primary component of currently available acellular vaccines against __Bordetella pertussis__, the causative agent of whooping cough. The PTX analyzed here is purified at industrial scale and is subsequently inactivated using glutaraldehyde. The inf