Evidence for a type III secretion system in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5966-5970

  Burr, Sarah E ^a   Stuber, Katja ^a   Wahli, Thomas ^a   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATING TOXIN; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN AEXT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FURUNCULOSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONAD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAINBOW TROUT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OPERON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA SUBSP. SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; VIRUSES (INFECTIVE AGENTS); YERSINIA;

EID: 0036837752     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.21.5966-5970.2002     Document Type: Article

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