Chromosomally-Encoded Virulence Factors of Yersinia

Pierson, Dorothy E.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Type: First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Awards (R29)
• Project #: 5R29AI031948-04
• Application #: 2066875
• Study Section: Bacteriology and Mycology Subcommittee 2 (BM)
• Project Start: 1993-05-01
• Project End: 1998-04-30
• Budget Start: 1996-05-01
• Budget End: 1997-04-30
• Support Year: 4
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of Colorado Denver
• Department: Microbiology/Immun/Virology
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 065391526
• City: Aurora
• State: CO
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 80045

Publications

Pederson, K J; Carlson, S; Pierson, D E (1997) The ClpP protein, a subunit of the Clp protease, modulates ail gene expression in Yersinia enterocolitica. Mol Microbiol 26:99-107

Pierson, D E; Carlson, S (1996) Identification of the galE gene and a galE homolog and characterization of their roles in the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharide in a serotype O:8 strain of Yersinia enterocolitica. J Bacteriol 178:5916-24

Pederson, K J; Pierson, D E (1995) Ail expression in Yersinia enterocolitica is affected by oxygen tension. Infect Immun 63:4199-201

Pierson, D E (1994) Mutations affecting lipopolysaccharide enhance ail-mediated entry of Yersinia enterocolitica into mammalian cells. J Bacteriol 176:4043-51