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A pivotal role for the Streptococcus iniae extracellular polysaccharide in triggering proinflammatory cytokines transcription and inducing death in rainbow trout

  1. Marina Eyngor1,
  2. Avishay Lublin2,
  3. Roni Shapira1,
  4. Avshalom Hurvitz3,
  5. Amir Zlotkin4,
  6. Yoram Tekoah5,
  7. Avi Eldar2

Article first published online: 3 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01919.x

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FEMS Microbiology Letters

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volume 305, Issue 2, pages 109–120, April 2010

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Eyngor, M., Lublin, A., Shapira, R., Hurvitz, A., Zlotkin, A., Tekoah, Y. and Eldar, A. (2010), A pivotal role for the Streptococcus iniae extracellular polysaccharide in triggering proinflammatory cytokines transcription and inducing death in rainbow trout. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 305: 109–120. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.01919.x

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  1. 1

    Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

  2. 2

    Department of Poultry and Fish Diseases, The Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel

  3. 3

    Dan Fish Farms, Kibbutz Dan, Upper Galilee, Israel

  4. 4

    Unit of Infectious Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

  5. 5

    Department of Biotechnology Engineering, The Center for Glycobiology, Faculty of Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

*Correspondence: Avi Eldar, Department of Poultry and Fish Diseases, The Kimron Veterinary Institute, PO Box 12, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 968 1760; fax: +972 3 968 1739; e-mail: eldar@agri.huji.ac.il

  1. Editor: Jeff Cole

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 16 MAR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 3 FEB 2010
  3. Received 7 December 2009; accepted 1 January 2010.Final version published online 1 March 2010.

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