Characterization of Burkholderia pseudomallei infection and identification of novel virulence factors using a Caenorhabditis elegans host system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1185-1197

  Gan, Yunn Hwen ^a   Chua, Kim Lee ^a   Chua, Hui Hoon ^b   Liu, Boping ^a   Hii, Chung Shii ^a   Chong, Hwee Ling ^b   Tan, Patrick ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HOST; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SPECIES INVASION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMAN; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036015636     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02957.x     Document Type: Article

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