The Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae hemolysins damselysin and HlyA are encoded within a new virulence plasmid

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4617-4627

  Rivas, Amable J ^a   Balado, Miguel ^a   Lemos, Manuel L ^a   Osorio, Carlos R ^a  

^a Santiago de Compostela Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DAMSELYSIN; HEMOLYSIN; HLYA TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOBACTERIUM DAMSELAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FISH DISEASES; FLATFISHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PLASMIDS; SHEEP; VIRULENCE;

EID: 80955123475     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05436-11     Document Type: Article

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