Mycobacterium marinum Erp is a virulence determinant required for cell wall integrity and intracellular survival

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3125-3133

  Cosma, Christine L ^a   Klein, Kathryn ^a,b   Kim, Rosa ^a   Beery, Dana ^a   Ramakrishnan, Lalita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORTED REPETITIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SPREADING; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FROG; GENE MUTATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO; MALE; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; PERMEABILITY; RANA PIPIENS; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33646948507     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.02061-05     Document Type: Article

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