Vibrio vulnificus rtxE is important for virulence, and its expression is induced by exposure to host cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1509-1517

  Byung, Cheol Lee ^b   Jeong, Hyun Lee ^a,d   Myung, Won Kim ^a   Byoung, Sik Kim ^a   Man, Hwan Oh ^a   Kim, Kun Soo ^c   Tae, Sung Kim ^b   Sang, Ho Choi ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN RTXA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; IRON INTAKE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MICE; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 42149186570     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01503-07     Document Type: Article

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