The 58-kilodalton major virulence factor of Francisella tularensis is required for efficient utilization of iron

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4429-4436

  Lindgren, Helena ^a   Honn, Marie ^a   Golovlev, Igor ^a   Kadzhaev, Konstantin ^a   Conlan, Wayne ^b   Sjöstedt, Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHROMIUM; FTT0918 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; IRON; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN A; RUFOCROMOMYCIN; SIDEROPHORE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOASSAY; BROTH DILUTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DELETION MUTANT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE LOCUS; IRON METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TULAREMIA; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; IRON; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SIDEROPHORES; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70349420956     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00702-09     Document Type: Article

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