Novel virulence-associated type II secretion system unique to high-pathogenicity Yersinia enterocolitica

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1872-1879

  Iwobi, A ^a   Heesemann, J ^a   Garcia, E ^b   Igwe, E ^a   Noelting, C ^a   Rakin, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN YTS1; SECRETON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIABACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOTYPE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE YTS1D; GENE YTS2D; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HIGH PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPRESENTATIONAL DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037378869     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.1872-1879.2003     Document Type: Article

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