An Aeromonas salmonicida gene required for the establishment of infection in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Gene

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 127-131

  Noonan, Brian ^a   Trust, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

A layer; A. salmonicida asoB mutant; A449 D; Complementation; Secretion; VapA translocation; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; FISH DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEMOLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYKISS; NEGIBACTERIA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030579116     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00137-0     Document Type: Article

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