Francisella strains express hemolysins of distinct characteristics

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-95

  Lai, Xin He ^a   Wang, Su Yan ^a   Edebro, Helen ^a   Sjöstedt, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Francisella; Growth phase dependence; Hemolysin; Novilysin A; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; NOVILYSIN A; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; HORSE; LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOLID; SUPERNATANT;

EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA PHILOMIRAGIA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. NOVICIDA;

EID: 0037970825     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00431-2     Document Type: Article

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