YscP of Yersinia pestis is a secreted component of the Yop secretion system

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2852-2862

  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;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0032947339     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.9.2852-2862.1999     Document Type: Article

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