Dual flaA1 flaB1 mutant of Serpulina hyodysenteriae expressing periplasmic flagella is severely attenuated in a murine model of swine dysentery

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4154-4162

  Rosey, Everett L ^a   Kennedy, Michael J ^a   Yancey Jr , Robert J ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRACHYSPIRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE DISEASE;

EID: 0029838666     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4154-4162.1996     Document Type: Article

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