Establishment of unipolar localization of IcsA in Shigella flexneri 2a is not dependent on virulence plasmid determinants

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 350-356

  Sandlin, Robin C ^a   Maurelli, Anthony T ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0032950536     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.1.350-356.1999     Document Type: Article

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