The Yersinia Yop virulon: A bacterial system for subverting eukaryotic cells

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 861-867

  Cornelis, Guy R ^a   Wolf Watz, Hans ^b  

^a International Institute of Cellular and Molecular Pathology   (Belgium)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YERSINIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031026828     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2731623.x     Document Type: Review

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