A Francisella tularensis locus required for Spermine responsiveness is necessary for virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3665-3676

  Russo, Brian C ^a   Horzempa, Joseph ^a   O'Dee, Dawn M ^a   Schmitt, Deanna M ^a   Brown, Matthew J ^a   Carlson, Paul E ^a,c   Xavier, Ramnik J ^b   Nau, Gerard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPERMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FTL 0883 GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPERMINE; TULAREMIA;

EID: 80052326950     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00135-11     Document Type: Article

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