LcrV of Yersinia pestis enters infected eukaryotic cells by a virulence plasmid-independent mechanism

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 4801-4813

  Fields, Kenneth A ^a   Straley, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIOSIS;

EID: 0032797583     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.9.4801-4813.1999     Document Type: Article

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