Mycobacterium bovis BCG recA deletion mutant shows increased susceptibility to DNA-damaging agents but wild-type survival in a mouse infection model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 3562-3568

  Sander, P ^a   Papavinasasundaram, K G ^a   Dick, T ^a   Stavropoulos, E ^a   Ellrott, K ^a   Springer, B ^a   Colston, M J ^a   Bottger E C ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BCG VACCINE; CATALASE; DNA; METRONIDAZOLE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RECA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE DELETION; METRONIDAZOLE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; REC A RECOMBINASES; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035002098     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.3562-3568.2001     Document Type: Article

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