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. 1993 Nov;61(11):4915–4918. doi: 10.1128/iai.61.11.4915-4918.1993

The 39-kilodalton outer membrane protein of Proteus mirabilis is an OmpA protein and mitogen for murine B lymphocytes.

A Korn 1, H P Kroll 1, H P Berger 1, A Kahler 1, R Hessler 1, J Brauburger 1, K P Müller 1, K Nixdorff 1
PMCID: PMC281256  PMID: 8406896

Abstract

Partial amino acid sequence analysis of a major outer membrane protein of Proteus mirabilis (39-kDa protein) indicates that it is an OmpA protein. The mitogenic activities of the 39-kDa protein for murine lymphocytes were also investigated with T lymphocytes isolated by passing spleen cells over columns of nylon wool fiber and B lymphocytes obtained by treating spleen cells with monoclonal antibodies to Thy1 plus complement. The 39-kDa protein showed little activity in stimulating T cells to proliferate but was strongly mitogenic for B cells.

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