An Aeromonas salmonicida type IV pilin is required for virulence in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-25

  Masada, Cynthia L ^a   LaPatra, Scott E ^a   Morton, Andrew W ^a   Strom, Mark S ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Type II protein secretion; Type IV pilin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; SALMONID; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE; TAPA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS; TAPB PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS FRAGI; TAPD PROTEIN, AEROMONAS;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FIMBRIA; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOGENICITY; RAINBOW TROUT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037101826     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao051013     Document Type: Article

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