The Yersinia pestis ail protein mediates binding and yop delivery to host cells required for plague virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 825-836

  Felek, Suleyman ^a   Krukonis, Eric S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c 1011 N University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AIL; PROTEIN YAPC; PROTEIN YOP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA OUTER PROTEIN E; AIL PROTEIN, YERSINIA PESTIS; CARRIER PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; YSCC PROTEIN, YERSINIA PESTIS;

AIL GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; LIVER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PLAGUE; PROTEIN BINDING; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 60549117099     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00913-08     Document Type: Article

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