Virulence factors of the human opportunistic pathogen Serratia marcescens identified by in vivo screening

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1451-1460

  Kurz, C Léopold ^a   Chauvet, Sophie ^f   Andrès, Emmanuel ^b   Aurouze, Marianne ^c   Vallet, Isabelle ^c   Michel, Gérard P F ^c   Uh, Mitch ^d   Celli, Jean ^a,d   Filloux, Alain ^c   De Bentzmann, Sophie ^c   Steinmetz, Ivo ^e   Hoffmann, Jules A ^b   Finlay, B Brett ^d   Gorvel, Jean Pierre ^a   Ferrandon, Dominique ^b   Ewbank, Jonathan J ^a  

^a CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c CNRS and Aix Marseille University   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cytotoxicity; Insertional mutagenesis; Iron transport; LPS

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE FUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT; LUNG INFECTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCREENING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0344091555     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg159     Document Type: Article

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