In vivo production of A-protein, lipopolysaccharide, iron-regulated outer membrane proteins and 70-kDa serine protease by Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-163

  Ellis, A E ^a   Do Vale, A ^a   Bowden, T J ^a   Thompson, K ^b   Hastings, T S ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A protein; Aeromonas salmonicida; In vivo production; Iron regulated outer membrane proteins; Lipopolysaccharide; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FISH DISEASES; IRON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMON; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA SUBSP. SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030998110     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00063-3     Document Type: Article

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