Exponential-phase expression of spvA of the Salmonella typhimurium virulence plasmid: Induction in intracellular salts medium and intracellularly in mice and cultured mammalian cells

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3827-3839

  Wilson, Julie A ^a,b   Doyle, Thomas J ^a   Gulig, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Expression; Regulation; Salmonella typhimurium; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; INORGANIC SALT; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GROWTH CURVE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PERITONEUM CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031438609     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3827     Document Type: Article

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