Positive correlation between virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutants in mice and insects

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3843-3845

  Jander, Georg ^a,c   Rahme, Laurence G ^b   Ausubel, Frederick M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Shriners Burns Institute   (United States)

^c Cercon Genomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; INSECT; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; HUMANS; MICE; MOTHS; MUTAGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034123698     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3843-3845.2000     Document Type: Article

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