Identification of an orphan response regulator required for the virulence of Francisella spp. and transcription of pathogenicity island genes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3305-3314

  Mohapatra, Nrusingh P ^a   Soni, Shilpa ^a   Bell, Brian L ^b   Warren, Richard ^b   Ernst, Robert K ^c   Muszynski, Artur ^d   Carlson, Russell W ^d   Gunn, John S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID A; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MGIA GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PMRA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CELL LINE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 34447281114     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00351-07     Document Type: Article

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