Identification and characterization of the PutP proline permease that contributes to in vivo survival of Staphylococcus aureus in animal models

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 567-572

  Schwan, William R ^a   Coulter, Silvija N ^a   Ng, Eva Y W ^a   Langhorne, Michael H ^a   Ritchie, Heather D ^a   Brody, Linnea L ^a   Westbrock Wadman, Shannon ^a   Bayer, Arnold S ^b   Folger, Kim R ^a   Kendall Stover, C ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b St John's Cardiovascular Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMEASE; PROLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 17044448411     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.567-572.1998     Document Type: Article

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