Lysostaphin expression in mammary glands confers protection against staphylococcal infection in transgenic mice

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-70

  Kerr, David E ^a   Plaut, Karen ^a   Bramley, A John ^a,b   Williamson, Christine M ^b,c   Lax, Alistair J ^b,d   Moore, Karen ^e,f   Wells, Kevin D ^e   Wall, Robert J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal Biotechnology; Antibacterial Protein; Mastitis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

LYSOSTAPHIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; LYSOSTAPHIN; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MILK; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EUKARYOTA; MUS MUSCULUS; OVIS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS;

EID: 0035174118     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/83540     Document Type: Article

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