The francisella tularensis migr, trme, and cpha genes contribute to f. tularensis pathogenicity island gene regulation and intracellular growth by modulation of the stress alarmone ppgpp

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2800-2811

  Faron, Matthew ^a   Fletcher, Joshua R ^a   Rasmussen, Jed A ^a   Long, Matthew E ^a   Allen, Lee Ann H ^a,b,c   Jones, Bradley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CPHA PROTEIN; MIGR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL STRESS; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE CONTROL; GROWTH RATE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOST CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TULAREMIA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PYROPHOSPHATASES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TULAREMIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84880673056     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00073-13     Document Type: Article

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