Expression of urease does not affect the ability of Bordetella bronchiseptica to colonise and persist in the murine respiratory tract

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-11

  McMillan, David J ^a   Medina, Eva ^b   Guzmán, Carlos A ^b   Walker, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bordetella bronchiseptica; Respiratory challenge; Urease

Indexed keywords

UREASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; UREASE; VIRULENCE;

BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032780585     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00307-9     Document Type: Article

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