Type IV pili in Francisella tularensis: Roles of pilF and pilT in fiber assembly, host cell adherence, and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2852-2861

  Chakraborty, Subhra ^a   Monfett, Michael ^a   Maier, Tamara M ^b   Benach, Jorge L ^a   Frank, Dara W ^b   Thanassi, David G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LIVE VACCINE; TULAREMIA VACCINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PILT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; PILF GENE; PILT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TULAREMIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA MICROARRAY; FIMBRIA; GENETICS; LIVER CELL; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CELLS, CULTURED; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEPATOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TULAREMIA; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 46449114418     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01726-07     Document Type: Article

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