Novel role of the lipopolysaccharide O1 side chain in ferric siderophore transport and virulence of Vibrio anguillarum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5864-5872

  Weicht, Timothy J ^a,b   Crosa, Jorge H ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR COOL AND COLD WATER AQUACULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUIBACTIN; ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FERRIC ION; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FATA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; RHAMNOSE; SIDEROPHORE; THYMIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; FISH; GENE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HOST; IRON TRANSPORT; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RMLC GENE; RMLD GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERUM; SURVIVAL; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALMON; SERUM; SIDEROPHORES; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

EID: 23944511214     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.5864-5872.2005     Document Type: Article

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