The haemin storage (Hms+) phenotype of Yersinia pestis is not essential for the pathogenesis of bubonic plague in mammals

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 197-209

  Lillard Jr , James W ^a,b   Bearden, Scott W ^a   Fetherston, Jacqueline D ^a   Perry, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemin binding; HeLa cells; Neutrophils; Resistance to reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

HEMIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PORPHYRIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SIDEROPHORE; SUPEROXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0032896923     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-1-197     Document Type: Article

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