YscO of Yersinia pestis is a mobile core component of the Yop secretion system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3882-3890

  Payne, Patricia L ^a   Straley, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0031830239     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.15.3882-3890.1998     Document Type: Article

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