Examples
Members of this group include:
- PagC, required by Salmonella typhimurium for survival in macrophages and for virulence in mice
- Rck outer membrane protein of the S. typhimurium virulence plasmid
- Ail, a product of the Yersinia enterocolitica chromosome capable of mediating bacterial adherence to and invasion of epithelial cell lines
- OmpX from Escherichia coli that promotes adhesion to and entry into mammalian cells. It also has a role in the resistance against attack by the human complement system
- a Bacteriophage lambda outer membrane protein, Lom
Read more about this topic: Virulence-related Outer Membrane Protein Family
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