Contribution of regulation by the bvg locus to respiratory infection of mice by Bordetella pertussis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 4367-4373

  Merkel, Tod J ^a,c   Stibitz, Scott ^b   Keith, Jerry M ^a   Leef, Mary ^b   Shahin, Roberta ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BVGA; PROTEIN BVGS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERTUSSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS;

EID: 0031667765     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.66.9.4367-4373.1998     Document Type: Article

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