Helicobacter pylori mutants defective in RuvC Holliday junction resolvase display reduced macrophage survival and spontaneous clearance from the murine gastric mucosa

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2022-2031

  Loughlin, Michael F ^a   Barnard, Faye M ^a   Jenkins, David ^a   Sharples, Gary J ^b   Jenks, Peter J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MITOMYCIN C; RESOLVASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE RUVC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0037378144     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.2022-2031.2003     Document Type: Article

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