Reevaluation of the virulence phenotype of the inv yadA double mutants of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

doi:10.1128/iai.65.1.327-330.1997

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Reevaluation of the virulence phenotype of the inv yadA double mutants of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 1997

Han Y W, Miller V L

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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica are closely related human pathogens causing gastroenteritis. Invasin and YadA are two of the most extensively studied virulence factors of the Yersinia genus. Invasin is the primary invasion factor encoded by the inv gene on the chromosome a...

Topics

Adhesins, Bacterial
Animals
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Bacterial Proteins
CHO Cells
Cricetinae
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Lethal Dose 50
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mutation
Phenotype
Virulence
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

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