PhoP and OxyR transcriptional regulators contribute to Yersinia pestis virulence and survival within Galleria mellonella

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 389-395

  Erickson, David L ^a   Russell, Colin W ^a   Johnson, Kody L ^a,b   Hileman, Travis ^a,c   Stewart, Ryan M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Galleria mellonella; Insect infection; Oxidative stress; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYR PROTEIN; PHOP PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEMOLYMPH; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LARVAL STAGE; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOTH; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEMOCYTES; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HEXAPODA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 80054832079     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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