A Gene, uge, Is Essential for Klebsiella pneumoniae Virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-61

  Regué, Miguel ^a   Hita, Beatriz ^a   Piqué, Nuria ^a   Izquierdo, Luis ^a   Merino, Susana ^a   Fresno, Sandra ^a   Benedí, Vicente Javier ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GALACTURONATE 4 EPIMERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEPTICEMIA; UGE GENE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENES, ESSENTIAL; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0346881419     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.1.54-61.2004     Document Type: Article

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