In vivo genetic analysis of bacterial virulence

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue , 1999, Pages 129-154

  Chiang, Su L ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^a   Holden, David W ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential fluorescence induction; GAMBIT; In vivo expression technology; Pathogenesis; Signature tagged mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0032721887     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.53.1.129     Document Type: Review

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