A Francisella tularensis pathogenicity island protein essential for bacterial proliferation within the host cell cytosol

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2391-2403

  Santic, Marina ^a,b   Molmeret, Maelle ^a   Barker, Jeffrey R ^c   Klose, Karl E ^c   Dekanic, Andrea ^b   Doric, Miljenko ^b   Abu Kwaik, Yousef ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN IGLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERINFECTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; PHAGOSOMES; SPLEEN; SUPERINFECTION; TULAREMIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MUS;

EID: 34548411393     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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