Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium waaP mutants show increased susceptibility to polymyxin and loss of virulence in vivo

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4485-4491

  Yethon, Jeremy A ^a   Gunn, John S ^b   Ernst, Robert K ^c   Miller, Samuel I ^c   Laroche, Line ^d   Malo, Danielle ^a,d   Whitfield, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; GENE PRODUCT; HEPTOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NOVOBIOCIN; O ANTIGEN; POLYMYXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMYXINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033929065     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.8.4485-4491.2000     Document Type: Article

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