The synthesis, secretion and role in virulence of the paracrystalline surface protein layers of Aeromonas salmonicida and A. hydrophila

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Noonan, Brian ^a   Trust, Trevor J ^a,b  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; S layer; Secretion; Virulence

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VITRONECTIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030928054     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00257-7     Document Type: Review

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