The heat-shock protein ClpB of Francisella tularensis is involved in stress tolerance and is required for multiplication in target organs of infected mice

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1384-1401

  Meibom, Karin L ^a,b   Dubail, Iharilalao ^a,b   Dupuis, Marion ^a,b   Barel, Monique ^a,b   Lenco, Juraj ^c   Stulik, Jiri ^c   Golovliov, Igor ^d   Sjöstedt, Anders ^d   Charbit, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Czech Republic)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN CLPB; LIVE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE INSERTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MUS;

EID: 39849093588     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06139.x     Document Type: Article

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