Plague
Data on plague published by researchers at University of Kentucky
Published in Bioterrorism Week, January 15th, 2007
Current study results from the report, "Identification of critical amino acid residues in the plague biofilm Hms proteins," have been published. According to recent research from the United States, "Yersinia pestis biofilm formation causes massive adsorption of haemin or Congo red in vitro as well as colonization and eventual blockage of the flea proventriculus in vivo. This blockage allows effective transmission of plague from some fleas, like the oriental rat flea, to mammals."
"Four Hms proteins, HmsH, HmsF, HmsR and HmsS, are essential for biofilm formation, with HmsT and HmsP acting as positive and negative regulators, respectively. HmsH has a beta-barrel structure...
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Source: Bioterrorism Week (2007-01-15)
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