Studies on the structure, lipid modification and interactions of the virulence-associated proteins of Rhodococcus equi

Rhodococcus equi is a Gram-positive soil organism that causes an aggressive bronchopneumonia in foals and opportunistic infections in immuno-compromised humans. Virulent strains possess an 80 – 90 kb plasmid that encodes an immunogenic surface-located virulence-associated protein VapA. The virulence...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okoko, Tebekeme
Published: Northumbria University 2014
Subjects:
600
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.639854