A DNA adenine methylase mutant of Shigella flexneri shows no significant attenuation of virulence

Microbiology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1073-1078

  Honma, Yasuko ^a   Fernández, Reinaldo E ^a   Maurelli, Anthony T ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LIVE VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL CULTURE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI 2A;

EID: 1942537114     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26781-0     Document Type: Article

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