Streptococcus iniae M-like protein contributes to virulence in fish and is a target for live attenuated vaccine development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Locke, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Aziz, Ramy K ^c   Vicknair, Mike R ^d   Nizet, Victor ^a,b,e   Buchanan, John T ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Kent SeaTech Corporation   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f Aqua Bounty Pacific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; C5A PEPTIDASE; LIVE VACCINE; M LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN MGX; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ADHESIN; PROTEINASE; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRIPED BASS; VACCINATION; VACCINE PRODUCTION; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE;

DANIO RERIO; MORONE; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS; VACCINES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 50949089389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002824     Document Type: Article

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