Production of haemolysins by strains of the Actinobacillus minor/"porcitonsillarum" complex

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 332-341

  Arya, Gitanjali ^a   Niven, Donald F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Haemolysins; Porcine actinobacilli; Regulation by iron; RTX toxins; TpsA and TpsB proteins

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; HEMOLYSIN;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS MINOR; ACTINOBACILLUS PORCITONSILLARUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN FACTORS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HOT TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACTINOBACILLUS; ACTINOBACILLUS MINOR; ACTINOBACILLUS PORCITONSILLARUM; SUS;

EID: 77249095306     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.09.030     Document Type: Article

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