Identification of chromosomal genes in Yersinia pestis that influence type III secretion and delivery of Yops into target cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Houppert, Andrew S ^a   Kwiatkowski, Elizabeth ^b   Glass, Elizabeth M ^c   DeBord, Kristin L ^b   Merritt, Peter M ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^b   Marketon, Melanie M ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN YOP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CHROMOSOME MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PROTEIN SECRETION; TARGET CELL; TISSUE CULTURE CELL; TRANSPOSON; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84859133250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034039     Document Type: Article

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