The extracellular metalloprotease of Vibrio tubiashii is a major virulence factor for pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) larvae

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4101-4110

  Hasegawa, Hiroaki ^a   Lind, Erin J ^a   Boin, Markus A ^a   Häse, Claudia C ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; GENES; STRAIN; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AMERICAN SOCIETY; BIVALVE MOLLUSKS; C. GIGAS; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; EXTRACELLULAR; HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; METALLO PROTEASES; METALLOPROTEASE INHIBITORS; METALLOPROTEASES; PACIFIC OYSTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENES; SUPERNATANTS; TOXIGENIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WILD TYPE STRAIN;

TOXICITY;

CYTOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMOLOGY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LARVA; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; TOXICITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; HEMOLYSIS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO TUBIASHII; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VTHA GENE; VTPA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRASSOSTREA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LARVA; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO TUBIASHII; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 46949094788     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00061-08     Document Type: Article

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