Simultaneous prevention of glutamine synthesis and high-affinity transport attenuates Salmonella typhimurium virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 587-596

  Klose, Karl E ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; LIVE VACCINE; SALMONELLOSIS VACCINE; SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; INOCULATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031018477     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.587-596.1997     Document Type: Article

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