Vir90, a virulence-activated gene coding for a Bordetella pertussis iron-regulated outer membrane protein

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 443-450

  Passerini de Rossi, Beatriz N ^a   Friedman, Laura E ^a   Belzoni, Cora B ^a   Savino, Silvana ^b   Aricò, Beatrice ^b   Rappuoli, Rino ^b   Masignani, Vega ^b   Franco, Mirta A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CHIRON VACCINES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bordetella; Iron regulation; Vir90; Virulence associated outer membrane protein

Indexed keywords

IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN VIR90; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIR90 GENE;

BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA PARAPERTUSSIS; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0041706281     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00115-3     Document Type: Article

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