Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis Schu S4 disulfide bond formation protein B, but not an RND-type efflux pump, is required for virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3086-3092

  Qin, Aiping ^a   Scott, David W ^a   Mann, Barbara J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN DSBB; CARRIER PROTEIN; DSBB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DISULFIDE BOND; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; IMMUNIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; TULAREMIA; TUMOR CELL LINE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 46449106409     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00363-08     Document Type: Article

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