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Virulence Factors

Known as: Virulence Factors [Chemical/Ingredient], factor virulence, Factors, Pathogenicity 
Those components of an organism that determine its capacity to cause disease but are not required for its viability per se. Two classes have been… 
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Review
2010
Review
2010
A proteomic view of cell physiology and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus.
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Direct molecular mass determination of trehalose monomycolate from 11 species of mycobacteria by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
Direct estimation of the molecular mass of single molecular species of trehalose 6-monomycolate (TMM), a ubiquitous cell-wall… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
High rates of recombination in otitis media isolates of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae.
Review
2001
Review
2001
Polysaccharides, mimotopes and vaccines for fungal and encapsulated pathogens.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Purification and characterization of a collagen-degrading protease from Porphyromonas gingivalis.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Interaction of enteropathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica with complex basement membranes and the extracellular matrix proteins collagen type IV, laminin-1 and -2, and nidogen/entactin.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
In vivo regulation of virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated with genetic rearrangement.
A chronic pulmonary infection model was used to induce conversion to the mucoid phenotype by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO. At 6… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Immunoglobulin binding by the regular surface array of Aeromonas salmonicida.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Mannose-sensitive and mannose-resistant adherence to human uroepithelial cells and urinary virulence of Escherichia coli.
The adherence to human uroepithelial cells of 23 Escherichia coli strains belonging to three groups with different levels of… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Assessment of protease (elastase) as a Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence factor in experimental mouse burn infection
The data presented indicate that in experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of mice, protease enhances the virulence of the… 
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