Bacterial cell surface structures in Yersinia enterocolitica

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-209

  Białas, Nataniel ^a   Kasperkiewicz, Katarzyna ^a   Radziejewska Lebrecht, Joanna ^a   Skurnik, Mikael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Enterobacterial common antigen; Lipopolysaccharide; Yersinia enterocolitica; Yersinia virulence plasmid

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ATTACHMENT INVASION PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ENTEROBACTERIAL COMMON ANTIGEN; INVASIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; MUCOID YERSINIA FACTOR ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE GLYCOLIPID; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN YADA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL SURFACE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; YADA GENE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; PLASMIDS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863681678     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-012-0168-z     Document Type: Review

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