Yersinia virulence: More than a plasmid

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 159-164

  Revell, Paula A ^a   Miller, Virginia L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosome; Dissemination; In vivo expressed gene; Inv; O antigen; RovA; Rsc; Signature tagged mutagenesis; Yst

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DISEASE MODEL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035910179     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00476-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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