Expression of the Yersinia enterocolitica pYV-encoded type III secretion system is modulated by lipopolysaccharide O-antigen status

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1512-1516

  Pérez Gutiérrez, Camino ^a   Llompart, Catalina M ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^b   Bengoechea, José A ^a,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SON ESPASES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Hospital Joan March   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; O ANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; O ANTIGENS; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 33847720352     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00942-06     Document Type: Article

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