Francisella tularensis metabolism and its relation to virulence

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  Meibom, Karin Lederballe ^a,b   Charbit, Alain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Francisella tularensis; Metabolism; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862569199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2010.00140     Document Type: Review

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