Common and pathogen-specific virulence factors are different in function and structure

Virulence

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 473-482

  Niu, Chao ^a,b   Yu, Dong ^b   Wang, Yuelan ^b   Ren, Hongguang ^b   Jin, Yuan ^b   Zhou, Wei ^b   Li, Beiping ^b   Cheng, Yiyong ^a   Yue, Junjie ^b   Gao, Zhixian ^a   Liang, Long ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogens; Common virulence factor; Pathogen specific virulence factor

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; ENTEROTOXIN; EXOTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SUPERANTIGEN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84882594650     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.25730     Document Type: Article

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