Poly-N-acetylglucosamine expression by wild-type Yersinia pestis is maximal at mammalian, not flea, temperatures

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yoong, Pauline ^a,b   Cywes Bentley, Colette ^a   Pier, Gerald B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; HEMIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLY N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GALACTAN; POLY N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; POLY-N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEA; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PLAGUE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; COLOR; CONGO RED; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALACTANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SIPHONAPTERA; TEMPERATURE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84865790642     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00217-12     Document Type: Article

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