The ADP-Ribosylating Toxin, AexT, from Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida Is Translocated via a Type III Secretion Pathway

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6583-6591

  Burr, Sarah E ^a   Stuber, Katja ^a,b   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEXT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CARPS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA SUBSP. SALMONICIDA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; YERSINIA;

EID: 0242407493     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.22.6583-6591.2003     Document Type: Article

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