Virulence and vaccine potential of Salmonella typhimurium mutants deficient in the expression of the RpoS (σ(S)) regulon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-160

  Coynault, Colette ^a   Robbe Saule, Véronique ^a   Norel, Françoise ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLOSIS VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; VACCINATION;

3-PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; REGULON; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGMA FACTOR; SPLEEN; TRANSFERASES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029846537     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02664.x     Document Type: Article

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