Corneal virulence of LasA protease - Deficient Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

Cornea

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 643-646

  White, Catherine D ^a   Alionte, Laura G ^a   Cannon, Benetta M ^b   Caballero, Armando R ^b   O'Callaghan, Richard J ^b   Hobden, Jeffrey A ^a  

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

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal ulceration; Keratitis; Proteinases; Pseudomonas keratitis

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA ULCER; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; KERATITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RABBITS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034894855     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200108000-00017     Document Type: Article

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