Transit through the flea vector induces a pretransmission innate immunity resistance phenotype in Yersinia pestis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Vadyvaloo, Viveka ^a,c   Jarrett, Clayton ^a   Sturdevant, Daniel E ^a   Sebbane, Florent ^b   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; RAT; YERSINIA PESTIS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BUBO; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; FLEAS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECT VECTORS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 77649242321     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000783     Document Type: Article

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