Role of the wbt locus of Francisella tularensis in lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biogenesis and pathogenicity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 536-541

  Raynaud, Catherine ^a,b   Meibom, Karin L ^a,b   Lety, Marie Annick ^a,b   Dubail, Iharilalao ^a,b   Candela, Thomas ^c   Frapy, Eric ^a,b   Charbit, Alain ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Faculte de Medecine Necker   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA HOLARTICA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; SUBSPECIES; TRANSPOSON; TULAREMIA; WBT GENE; WBTA GENE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS; O ANTIGENS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33846024366     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01429-06     Document Type: Article

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