Identification of new genes involved in the virulence of Listeria monocytogenes by signature-tagged transposon mutagenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2054-2065

  Autret, N ^a   Dubail, I ^a   Trieu Cuot, P ^a   Berche, P ^a   Charbit, A ^a  

^a Faculte de Medecine Necker   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LD 50; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0035087705     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.4.2054-2065.2001     Document Type: Article

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