Consequences of missense mutations in Yersinia pestis: Efficient flow of metabolic carbon versus virulence

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 954, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-38

  Brubaker, Robert R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

FERMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERMENTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84868160263     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3561-7_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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