Insertional mutation of orfD of the DCW cluster of Streptococcus pneumoniae attenuates virulence

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 337-348

  Palmen, Ronald ^a   Ogunniyi, Abiodun D ^b   Berroy, Patrick ^a   Larpin, Sandra ^a   Paton, James C ^b   Trombe, Marie Claude ^a  

^a CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Persistence in vivo; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CISTRON; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033458733     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0310     Document Type: Article

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