Role of lipid A acylation in Yersinia enterocolitica virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2768-2781

  Pérez Gutiérrez, Camino ^a,b   Llobet, Enrique ^a   Llompart, Catalina M ^a,b   Reinés, Mar ^a,c   Bengoechea, José A ^a,b,c  

^a Fundacion Caubet CIMERA Illes Balears   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; HTRB PROTEIN; INV PROTEIN; LIPID A; LPXP PROTEIN; MSBB PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE; ROVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; YPLA PROTEIN;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HELA CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACYLATION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LIPID A; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMYXIN B; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 77952714666     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01417-09     Document Type: Article

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