Fur-regulated iron uptake system of Edwardsiella ictaluri and its influence on pathogenesis and immunogenicity in the catfish host

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2689-2703

  Santander, Javier ^a,b   Golden, Greg ^a   Wanda, Soo Young ^a   Curtiss III, Roy ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HEME; HEMOGLOBIN; LIVE VACCINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIDEROPHORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; ENTERIC SEPTICEMIA OF CATFISH; FUR GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; HEMR GENE; IMMERSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EDWARDSIELLA ICTALURI; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FISH DISEASES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ICTALURIDAE; IRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84864817255     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00013-12     Document Type: Article

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