Role of GacA in virulence of Vibrio vulnificus

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3722-3733

  Gauthier, Julie D ^a,b   Jones, Melissa K ^a   Thiaville, Patrick ^c   Joseph, Jennifer L ^c   Swain, Rick A ^a   Krediet, Cory J ^a   Gulig, Paul A ^c   Teplitski, Max ^a   Wright, Anita C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAA PROTEIN; GACA PROTEIN; GACS PROTEIN; IRON; MESSENGER RNA; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; WPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN INFECTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

MUS; OSTREIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 78650070635     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.043422-0     Document Type: Article

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