In vivo lysogenic conversion of Tox- Streptococcus pyogenes to Tox+ with lysogenic streptococci or free phage

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3782-3786

  Broudy, Thomas B ^a   Fischetti, Vincent A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYSOGENIZATION; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; FEMALE; LYSOGENY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 0038310828     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.3782-3786.2003     Document Type: Article

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