Both ApxI and ApxII of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 are necessary for full virulence

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-23

  Boekema, Bouke K H L ^a,b   Kamp, Elbarte M ^a   Smits, Mari A ^a   Smith, Hilde E ^a   Stockhofe Zurwieden, Norbert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; Pathogenicity; RTX toxin

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE MUTATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; SEROTYPE; SWINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CYTOKINES; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE SEROVAR 1; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 2342471808     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2003.09.024     Document Type: Article

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