Development of a competitive index assay to evaluate the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes actA mutants during primary and secondary infection of mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 5953-5957

  Auerbuch, V ^a   Lenz, L L ^a   Portnoy, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FEMALE; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034874771     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.9.5953-5957.2001     Document Type: Article

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