Characterization of the angR gene of Vibrio anguillarum: Essential role in virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 6496-6509

  Wertheimer, A M ^a,d   Verweij, W ^a   Chen, Q ^a,e   Crosa, L M ^a   Nagasawa, M ^a   Tolmasky, M E ^b   Actis, L A ^c   Crosa, J H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e EISAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; IRON METABOLISM; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FISH DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PEPTIDES; RIBONUCLEASES; SIDEROPHORES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032699919     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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