The Yersinia pestis caflMlAl fimbrial capsule operon promotes transmission by flea bite in a mouse model of bubonic plague

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1222-1229

  Sebbane, Florent ^a,c   Jarrett, Clayton ^a   Gardner, Donald ^a,b   Long, Daniel ^a,b   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; PROTEIN CAD1M1A1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAF1 PROTEIN, YERSINIA PESTIS; FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BUBONIC PLAGUE; CAF GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; GENE LOCUS; HEPATITIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; INSECT BITE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FLEAS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MICE; MUTATION; OPERON; PLAGUE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 62449133978     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00950-08     Document Type: Article

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