Virulence role of V antigen of Yersinia pestis at the bacterial surface

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5395-5408

  Fields, Kenneth A ^a   Nilles, Matthew L ^a,b   Cowan, Clarissa ^a   Straley, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0032833608     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5395-5408.1999     Document Type: Article

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