Identification and characterization of an RTX toxin in the emerging pathogen Kingella kingae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 430-436

  Kehl Fie, Thomas E ^a,b   St Geme III, Joseph W ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; RTX TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME RELEASE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINGELLA KINGAE; MACROPHAGE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYNOVIOCYTE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE ORDER; HUMANS; KINGELLA KINGAE; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KINGELLA; KINGELLA DENITRIFICANS; KINGELLA KINGAE; KINGELLA ORALIS;

EID: 33846191083     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01319-06     Document Type: Article

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