Visualizing pneumococcal infections in the lungs of live mice using bioluminescent Streptococcus pneumoniae transformed with a novel gram-positive lux transposon

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 3350-3358

  Francis, K P ^a   Yu, J ^a   Bellinger Kawahara, C ^a   Joh, D ^a   Hawkinson, M J ^a   Xiao, G ^a   Purchio, T F ^a   Caparon, M G ^a   Lipsitch, M ^a   Contag, P R ^a  

^a Xenogen Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; KANAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BIOLUMINESCENCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSPOSON;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NASOPHARYNX; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0035055410     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.3350-3358.2001     Document Type: Article

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