Discovery of virulence factors of pathogenic bacteria

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-101

  Wu, Hsing Ju ^a   Wang, Andrew H J ^a   Jennings, Michael P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOMICS; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEOMICS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 40849126450     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.01.023     Document Type: Review

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