[Cu,Zn]-superoxide dismutase mutants of the swine pathogen Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae are unattenuated in infections of the natural host

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 4778-4781

  Sheehan, Brian J ^a   Langford, Paul R ^a   Rycroft, Andrew N ^b   Kroll, J Simon ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDE;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOST RESISTANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SWINE;

ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ANIMALS; LUNG; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLEUROPNEUMONIA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING;

EID: 0033929390     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.8.4778-4781.2000     Document Type: Article

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