Metalloprotease is not essential for Vibrio vulnificus virulence in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3569-3573

  Shao, Chung Ping ^a   Hor, Lien I ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLYSIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; SIDEROPHORE; TRANSFERRIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; KALLIKREIN KININ SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CYTOTOXINS; IRON; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MUTATION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034118185     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3569-3573.2000     Document Type: Article

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