Yersinia pseudotuberculosis uses ail and yada to circumvent neutrophils by directing yop translocation during lung infection

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 247-268

  Paczosa, Michelle K ^a   Fisher, Michael L ^a,c   Maldonado Arocho, Francisco J ^b   Mecsas, Joan ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AIL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INVASIN; PH 6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; YADA PROTEIN; YOP PROTEIN; AIL PROTEIN, YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; YADA PROTEIN, YERSINIA; YOP PROTEINS TRANSLOCATION PROTEIN P, YERSINIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; LUNG; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSLOCATION; SEROTYPE; SPLEEN; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YERSINIA INFECTION;

MURINAE; MUS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LIVER; LUNG; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; NEUTROPHILS; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS; YERSINIA INFECTIONS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84892475803     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12219     Document Type: Article

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