Will the enigma of Francisella tularensis virulence soon be solved?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 118-123

  Titball, Richard W ^a,b   Johansson, Anders ^c,d   Forsman, Mats ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TULAREMIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037342407     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(03)00020-9     Document Type: Review

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