yadBC of Yersinia pestis, a new virulence determinant for bubonic plague

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 578-587

  Forman, Stanislav ^a   Wulff, Christine R ^a,b   Myers Morales, Tanya ^a   Cowan, Clarissa ^a   Perry, Robert D ^a   Straley, Susan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLAGUE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 39149094647     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00219-07     Document Type: Article

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