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Phenotypic characterization of OmpX, an Ail homologue of Yersinia pestis KIM.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Sept 2007
Kolodziejek Anna M, Sinclair Dylan J, Seo Keun S, Schnider Darren R, Deobald Claudia F, Rohde Harold N, Viall Austin K, Minnich Scott S, Hovde Carolyn J, Minnich Scott A, Bohach Gregory A
Abstract excerpt
The goal of this study was to characterize the Yersinia pestis KIM OmpX protein. Yersinia spp. provide a model for studying several virulence processes including attachment to, and internalization by, host cells. For Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Ail, YadA and Inv, have been implicated in these processes. In Y. pestis, YadA and Inv are inactivated. Genomic analysis of two Y. pestis...
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