Influence of Na+, dicarboxylic amino acids, and pH in modulating the low-calcium response of Yersinia pestis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4743-4752

  Brubaker, Robert R ^a  

^a Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA LYASE; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; DICARBOXYLIC AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN LCRV; PROTEIN YOPS; SODIUM ION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

AMINO ACIDS, DICARBOXYLIC; ASPARTIC ACID; CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SODIUM; TIME FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23344444875     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.4743-4752.2005     Document Type: Article

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