Expression of Salmonella typhimurium rpoS and rpoS-dependent genes in the intracellular environment of eukaryotic cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4739-4743

  Chen, Chin Y I ^a   Eckmann, Lars ^a   Libby, Stephen J ^a   Fang, Ferric C ^b   Okamoto, Sharon ^a,c   Kagnoff, Martin F ^a   Fierer, Joshua ^a,c,d   Guiney, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NEOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0029910864     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4739-4743.1996     Document Type: Article

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