Yersinia pseudotuberculosis harbors a type IV pilus gene cluster that contributes to pathogenicity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 6196-6205

  Collyn, François ^a   Léty, Marie Annick ^a   Nair, Shamila ^a   Escuyer, Vincent ^a   Ben Younes, Amena ^a   Simonet, Michel ^a   Marceau, Michaël ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OSMOLARITY; OXYGEN TENSION; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036841722     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.11.6196-6205.2002     Document Type: Article

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