Requirement of the CXXC motif of novel Francisella infectivity potentiator protein B FipB, and fipA in virulence of f. tularensis subsp. tularensis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Qin, Aiping ^a,c   Scott, David W ^a   Rabideau, Meaghan M ^a   Moore, Emily A ^a   Mann, Barbara J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; FRANCISELLA INFECTIVITY POTENTIATOR A PROTEIN; FRANCISELLA INFECTIVITY POTENTIATOR B PROTEIN; MACROPHAGE INFECTIVITY POTENTIATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOST CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TULAREMIA; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; VIRULENCE;

FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS SUBSP. TULARENSIS; MUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80052537034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024611     Document Type: Article

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