The C-terminal tail of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis YopM is critical for interacting with RSK1 and for virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2584-2598

  McCoy, Melissa W ^a,d   Marré, Meghan L ^b   Lesser, Cammie F ^c   Mecsas, Joan ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME; P90 RIBOSOMAL S6 KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOPM PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 90-KDA; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77952678232     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00141-10     Document Type: Article

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