RfaL is required for Yersinia pestis type III secretion and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1186-1197

  Houppert, Andrew S ^a   Bohman, Lesley ^a   Merritt, Peter M ^a   Cole, Christopher B ^a   Caulfield, Adam J ^b   Lathem, Wyndham W ^b   Marketon, Melanie M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM; PROTEIN; RFAL PROTEIN; STRONTIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YOP PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; LCRQ GENE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; LIGASES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; METALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLAGUE; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84875515908     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01417-12     Document Type: Article

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