Pullulanase Is Necessary for the Efficient Intracellular Growth of Francisella tularensis

Akihiko Uda; Neekun Sharma; Kazuhiro Takimoto; Tian Deyu; Yuuki Koyama; Eun-sil Park; Osamu Fujita; Akitoyo Hotta; Shigeru Morikawa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159740

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Pullulanase Is Necessary for the Efficient Intracellular Growth of Francisella tularensis

Akihiko Uda ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Akihiko Uda, Neekun Sharma

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Neekun Sharma ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Akihiko Uda, Neekun Sharma

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Kazuhiro Takimoto,

Affiliation Division of Experimental Animal Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Tian Deyu,

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Yuuki Koyama,

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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Eun-sil Park,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Osamu Fujita,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Akitoyo Hotta,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Shigeru Morikawa

* E-mail: morikawa@nih.go.jp

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
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Pullulanase Is Necessary for the Efficient Intracellular Growth of Francisella tularensis

Akihiko Uda,
Neekun Sharma,
Kazuhiro Takimoto,
Tian Deyu,
Yuuki Koyama,
Eun-sil Park,
Osamu Fujita,
Akitoyo Hotta,
Shigeru Morikawa

Published: July 22, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159740

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