A mutation in the sap operon attenuates survival of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in a chinchilla model of otitis media

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 599-608

  Mason, Kevin M ^a   Munson Jr , Robert S ^a   Bakaletz, Lauren O ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OTITIS MEDIA; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SAP OPERON; SAPA GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CHINCHILLA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; OPERON; OTITIS MEDIA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 11144297947     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.1.599-608.2005     Document Type: Article

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