Functional characterization of epsc, a component of the type II secretion system, in the pathogenicity of vibrio vulnificus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4068-4080

  Hwang, Won ^a,b   Lee, Na Yeon ^a   Kim, Juri ^a   Lee, Mi Ae ^c   Kim, Kun Soo ^b   Lee, Kyu Ho ^c   Park, Soon Jung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c Hankuk University of Foreign Studies   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; HEMOLYSIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TYPE II SECRETION SYSTEM; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CELL LINE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 80855136569     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05351-11     Document Type: Article

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