rpoS gene function is a disadvantage for Escherichia coli BJ4 during competitive colonization of the mouse large intestine

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2518-2524

  Krogfelt, Karen A ^a   Hjulgaard, Marianne ^a   Sørensen, Kristine ^a   Cohen, Paul S ^b   Givskov, Michael ^c  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; LARGE INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; HEATING; INTESTINE, LARGE; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 0034071175     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2518-2524.2000     Document Type: Article

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