Study of the role of the htrB gene in Salmonella typhimurium virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4778-4783

  Jones, Bradley D ^a   Nichols, Wade A ^a   Gibson, Bradford W ^b   Sunshine, Melvin G ^a   Apicella, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSAMINE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM PROTEIN HTRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS;

EID: 0030732562     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.11.4778-4783.1997     Document Type: Article

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