Leptospira interrogans lpxD homologue is required for thermal acclimatization and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4314-4321

  Eshghi, Azad ^a,d   Henderson, Jeremy ^b   Trent, M Stephen ^c   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID A; POLYMYXIN B; ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GERBIL MODEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR MANILAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIPOGENESIS; LPXD1 GENE; LPXD2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WILD TYPE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GERBIL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIPID A; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84947596378     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00897-15     Document Type: Article

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