2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Identification of bacterial virulent factor for whooping-cough development
| Project/Area Number |
25460529
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Bacteriology (including mycology)
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| Research Institution | Osaka Prefecture University |
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Principal Investigator |
Kamitani Shigeki 大阪府立大学, 総合リハビリテーション学部, 教授 (60379089)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 病原性 / 百日咳 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
It is found that a gene possibly encoding a transcription factor, which controls transcription of genome DNA to mRNA, is responsible for bacterial virulent factor of coughing by intranasal infection of rats with Bordetella bronchiseptica as an experimental model of whooping cough.
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| Free Research Field |
細菌学
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