Phosphoglucomutase of Yersinia pestis is required for autoaggregation and polymyxin B resistance

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1163-1175

  Felek, Suleyman ^a   Muszyński, Artur ^b   Carlson, Russell W ^b   Tsang, Tiffany M ^c   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^d   Krukonis, Eric S ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; ALPHA DEFENSIN 1; ALPHA DEFENSIN 3; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; POLYMYXIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM AUTOAGGREGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; FLEA; GENE INSERTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLEAS; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; PLAGUE; POLYMYXIN B; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 77349123013     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00997-09     Document Type: Article

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