Host Cell Contact-Induced Transcription of the Type IV Fimbria Gene Cluster of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 691-700

  Boekema, Bouke K H L ^a   Van Putten, Jos P M ^b   Stockhofe Zurwieden, Norbert ^a   Smith, Hilde E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL CELL; APFABCD GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOGENESIS; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIMBRIA; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUSION; HOST CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUXAB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0842305640     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.2.691-700.2004     Document Type: Article

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