Identification of Mycobacterium marinum virulence genes using signature-tagged mutagenesis and the goldfish model of mycobacterial pathogenesis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 75-81

  Ruley, Kristin M ^a,d   Ansede, John H ^a,e   Pritchett, Christopher L ^a   Talaat, Adel M ^a,f   Reimschuessel, Renate ^b   Trucksis, Michele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Qualyst Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Goldfish model; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium marinum; Pathogenesis; Signature tagged mutagenesis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GOLDFISH; MUTAGENICITY; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GOLDFISH; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 1542381042     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(04)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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