The reduced genome of the Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain (LVS) encodes two iron acquisition systems essential for optimal growth and virulence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Pérez, Natalie Marie ^a   Ramakrishnan, Girija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FEOB PROTEIN; FERROUS ION; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL VACCINE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEOB GENE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS LIVE VACCINE STRAIN; FSLA GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; IRON TRANSPORT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84898889814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093558     Document Type: Article

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