Manipulating the host to study bacterial virulence

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-96

  Harvill, Eric T ^a   Miller, Jeff F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033983706     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)00057-0     Document Type: Review

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