Hfq regulates biofilm gut blockage that facilitates flea-borne transmission of Yersinia pestis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2036-2040

  Rempe, Katherine A ^a,b   Hinz, Angela K ^a   Vadyvaloo, Viveka ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HFQ PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; GENE DELETION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; SIPHONAPTERA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YERSINIA PESTIS;

SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84861216139     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06568-11     Document Type: Article

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