Effect of rpoS mutations on stress-resistance and invasion of brain microvascular endothelial cells in Escherichia coli K1

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-247

  Wang, Ying ^a   Kim, Kwang Sik ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain microvascular endothelial cell invasion; Escherichia coli K1; Growth medium; Nonsense mutation; RpoS; Sigma factor

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CATTLE; CELL INVASION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033989807     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00597-2     Document Type: Article

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