Role of Gne and GalE in the virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila serotype O34

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 540-550

  Canals, Rocío ^a   Jiménez, Natalia ^a   Vilches, Silvia ^a   Regué, Miguel ^a   Merino, Susana ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EPIMERASE; PROTEIN GALE; PROTEIN GNE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 4 EPIMERASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 4 EPIMERASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE ORDER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 33846191491     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01260-06     Document Type: Article

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