The NlpD Lipoprotein Is a Novel Yersinia pestis Virulence Factor Essential for the Development of Plague

Avital Tidhar; Yehuda Flashner; Sara Cohen; Yinon Levi; Ayelet Zauberman; David Gur; Moshe Aftalion; Eytan Elhanany; Anat Zvi; Avigdor Shafferman; Emanuelle Mamroud

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007023

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The NlpD Lipoprotein Is a Novel Yersinia pestis Virulence Factor Essential for the Development of Plague

Avital Tidhar,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Yehuda Flashner,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Sara Cohen,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Yinon Levi,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Ayelet Zauberman,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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David Gur,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Moshe Aftalion,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Eytan Elhanany,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Anat Zvi,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Avigdor Shafferman,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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Emanuelle Mamroud

* E-mail: emmym@iibr.gov.il

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel
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The NlpD Lipoprotein Is a Novel Yersinia pestis Virulence Factor Essential for the Development of Plague

Avital Tidhar,
Yehuda Flashner,
Sara Cohen,
Yinon Levi,
Ayelet Zauberman,
David Gur,
Moshe Aftalion,
Eytan Elhanany,
Anat Zvi,
Avigdor Shafferman

Published: September 14, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007023

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