Yersinia pestis two-component gene regulatory systems promote survival in human neutrophils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 733-782

  O'Loughlin, Jason L ^a   Spinner, Justin L ^a   Minnich, Scott A ^a   Kobayashi, Scott D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHEY PROTEIN; CPXRA PROTEIN; CVGSY PROTEIN; KDPED PROTEIN; LIPID A; PHOPQ PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS; GENETICS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; NEUTROPHILS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 76749153925     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00718-09     Document Type: Article

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