Multicopy icsA is able to suppress the virulence defect caused by the wzzSF mutation in Shigella flexneri

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 213-219

  Morona, Renato ^a   Van Den Bosch, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

IcsA; Lipopolysaccharide; O antigen; Shigella flexneri; Virulence; wzz

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; PROTEIN ICSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ROL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRG PROTEIN, SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

MAMMALIA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0142093987     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00217-9     Document Type: Article

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