Flagella are virulence determinants of Burkholderia pseudomallei

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1622-1629

  Chua, K L ^a   Chan, Y Y ^a   Gan, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; FLAGELLIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0037379533     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.4.1622-1629.2003     Document Type: Article

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