An altered rpoS allele contributes to the avirulence of Salmonella typhimurium LT2

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-210

  Wilmes Riesenberg, Mary R ^a,c   Foster, John W ^b   Curtiss III, Roy ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031022233     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.1.203-210.1997     Document Type: Article

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