A mutant of Burkholderia pseudomallei, auxotrophic in the branched chain amino acid biosynthetic pathway, is attenuated and protective in a murine model of melioidosis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5290-5294

  Atkins, T ^a   Prior, R G ^a   Mack, K ^a   Russell, P ^a   Nelson, M ^a   Oyston, P C F ^a   Dougan, G ^a   Titball, R W ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHIC MUTANT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; ILVI GENE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0036718269     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5290-5294.2002     Document Type: Article

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