The importance of the Rcs phosphorelay in the survival and pathogenesis of the enteropathogenic yersiniae

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1117-1131

  Hinchliffe, Stewart J ^a   Howard, Sarah L ^a   Huang, Yahui H ^b   Clarke, David J ^b,c   Wren, Brenda W ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN RCS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; SALMONELLA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 44349152438     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/012534-0     Document Type: Article

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