Alkaline protease-deficient mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are virulent in the eye

Current Eye Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 730-739

  Pillar, C M ^a   Hazlett, L D ^a   Hobden, J A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline protease; Allelic exchange; Bacterial keratitis; Ocular virulence; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PROTEINASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL GENE; SUPERNATANT; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034532021     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0271-3683(200009)2131-RFT730     Document Type: Article

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