Characterization and pathogenic significance of Vibrio vulnificus antigens preferentially expressed in septicemic patients

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5461-5471

  Kim, Young Ran ^a   Lee, Shee Eun ^a,d   Kim, Choon Mee ^a   Kim, Soo Young ^a   Shin, Eun Kyoung ^a   Shin, Dong Hyeon ^b   Chung, Sun Sik ^b   Choy, Hyon E ^b   Progulske Fox, Ann ^c   Hillman, Jeffrey D ^c   Handfield, Martin ^c   Rhee, Joon Haeng ^a,b  

^a Res Institute of Vibrio Infection   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; DNA SEQUENCE; HELA CELL; LD 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEPSIS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0141781023     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.5461-5471.2003     Document Type: Article

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