Effect of deletion of the lpxM gene on virulence and vaccine potential of Yersinia pestis in mice

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-453

  Anisimov, Andrey P ^a   Shaikhutdinova, Rima Z ^a   Pan'kina, Lyudmila N ^b   Feodorova, Valentina A ^b   Savostina, Elena P ^b   Bystrova, Ol'ga V ^c   Lindner, Buko ^d   Mokrievich, Aleksandr N ^a   Bakhteeva, Irina V ^a   Titareva, Galina M ^a   Dentovskaya, Svetlana V ^a   Kocharova, Nina A ^c   Senchenkova, Sof'ya N ^c   Holst, Otto ^d   Devdariani, Zurab L ^b   Popov, Yuriy A ^b   Pier, Gerald B ^e   Knirel, Yuriy A ^c  

^a STATE RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b RUSSIAN RESEARCH ANTI PLAGUE INSTITUTE MICROBE   (Russian Federation)

^c N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; FATTY ACID; GENE PRODUCT; LIPID A; PROTEIN IPXM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLAGUE VACCINE;

ACYLATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FATALITY; FLEA; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNIZATION; IPXM GENE; LD 50; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LIPID A; MICE; PLAGUE; PLAGUE VACCINE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 34247251418     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46880-0     Document Type: Article

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