Mutation of luxS of Streptococcus pneumoniae affects virulence in a mouse model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3206-3212

  Stroeher, Uwe H ^a   Paton, Adrienne W ^a   Ogunniyi, A David ^a   Paton, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER 2; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0038104847     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.6.3206-3212.2003     Document Type: Article

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