The psa locus is responsible for thermoinducible binding of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis to cultured cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2483-2489

  Yang, Youxu ^a   Merriam, Jennifer J ^a   Mueller, John P ^b   Isberg, Ralph R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029976469     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2483-2489.1996     Document Type: Article

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