Involvement of the fadD33 gene in the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the liver of BALB/c mice

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3873-3880

  Rindi, Laura ^a   Fattorini, Lanfranco ^b   Bonanni, Daniela ^a   Iona, Elisabetta ^b   Freer, Giulia ^a   Tan, Dejiang ^b   Dehò, Gianni ^c   Orefici, Graziella ^b   Garzelli, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental infection; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; INFECTION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLEEN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036947767     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-12-3873     Document Type: Review

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