… pestis expresses the outer membrane protein, Ail (Attachment invasion locus), which is …
colleagues demonstrated that Y. pestis Ail contributes to the virulence of pneumonic plague [35] …

… Ail is essential for microbial virulence and is critical for … Structures of Ail have been
determined by X-ray diffraction and … antibiotic resistance, all contribute to the classification of Y. …

… encoded Ail outer-membrane protein contributes to cell … , and in a murine model of pneumonic
plague [64]. In the same … -inflammatory phase: cell membrane rupture leads to bacterial …

… In this contribution, … contribution, yet our work enhances significantly the knowledge of the
intricate coupling between human circulating proteins and bacteria in increasing the virulence …

… Each of these antigens contributes relatively little to … animals infected with virulent strains of
the plague pathogen. … to the group of extracellular or outer membrane proteins [150]. It can be …

… history caused by Yersinia pestis. [ 1 ] In the present era, … may contribute to remarkable
protection against pneumonic … To achieve respiratory protection against fully virulent Y. …

… contributes to virulence in naturally acquired bubonic plague but is not essential for pneumonic
plague in … Ail is a chromosomally encoded small-membrane protein common to all three …

… ) is a major component of the outer membrane in Gram-negative … and contributed to
LcrV-mediated plague pathogenesis [87]. In … pestis virulence-associated proteins, we screened the …

… by deletion of other virulence factors leads to avirulence, F1 … pestis virulence during both
bubonic and pneumonic plague, … Similarly, an outer membrane protein Ail which provides …

… contribute to the unique pathogenicity and transmission of Y. … It belongs to the Ail/Lom
outer membrane protein family that … in virulence in bubonic and pneumonic plague infection …