A chromosomally encoded type III secretion pathway in Yersinia enterocolitica is important in virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1436-1446

  Haller, Jon C ^b   Carlson, Sharon ^b   Pederson, Kristin J ^b   Pierson, Dorothy E ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0038323185     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01964.x     Document Type: Article

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