The rovA mutant of Yersinia enterocolitica displays differential degrees of virulence depending on the route of infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3512-3520

  Dube, Peter H ^a   Handley, Scott A ^a   Revell, Paula A ^a   Miller, Virginia L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROVA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; FEMALE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LETHAL DOSE; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038443842     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.6.3512-3520.2003     Document Type: Article

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