An intracellularly inducible gene involved in virulence and polyphosphate production in Francisella

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1183-1192

  Richards, Mark I ^a   Michell, Stephen L ^b   Oyston, Petra C F ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR; POLYPHOSPHATE; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOINFORMATICS; CLONE; DNAK GENE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FTN1472 GENE; FTT1564 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (PHOSPHATE GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYPHOSPHATES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 53749091034     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001826-0     Document Type: Article

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