Role of the Yersinia pestis Yersiniabactin Iron Acquisition System in the Incidence of Flea-Borne Plague

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Sebbane, Florent ^a,b,c   Jarrett, Clayton ^d   Gardner, Donald ^d   Long, Daniel ^d   Joseph Hinnebusch, B ^d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b INSERM U1019   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YERSINIABACTIN; IRON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLEA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IRON; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOLS; PLAGUE; SIPHONAPTERA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THIAZOLES; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 78650736463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014379     Document Type: Article

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