Identification of Novel Virulence-Associated Genes Via Genome Analysis of Hypothetical Genes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1333-1340

  Garbom, Sara ^a   Forsberg, Åke ^a,b   Wolf Watz, Hans ^a   Kihlberg, Britt Marie ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VAG GENE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 1342323814     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.3.1333-1340.2004     Document Type: Article

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