The outer membrane protein A (OmpA) of Yersinia pestis promotes intracellular survival and virulence in mice

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-46

  Bartra, Sara Schesser ^a   Gong, Xin ^b,e   Lorica, Cherish D ^a   Jain, Chaitanya ^a   Nair, Manoj K M ^c   Schifferli, Dieter ^c   Qian, Lianfen ^d   Li, Zhongwei ^b   Plano, Gregory V ^a   Schesser, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular; OmpA; Pathogenesis; Virulence; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; VIRULENCE FACTOR; OMPA OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON SITE HYBRIDIZATION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLAGUE; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84859882634     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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