Molecular and genetic basis of pathogenesis in Francisella tularensis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1105, Issue , 2007, Pages 138-159

  Barker, Jeffrey R ^a   Klose, Karl E ^a,b  

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

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Pathogenicity island; Transposon; Tularemia: genetics; Type VI secretion

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIVE VACCINE; TULAREMIA VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TRANSPOSON; TULAREMIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MUTAGENESIS; PHAGOSOMES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TULAREMIA;

EID: 34748872662     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1409.010     Document Type: Review

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