A dam mutant of Yersinia pestis is attenuated and induces protection against plague

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 251-256

  Robinson, Victoria L ^a   Oyston, Petra C F ^a   Titball, Richard W ^b  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA adenine methylase; Plague; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; LIVE VACCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLASMID VECTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INOCULATION; LETHAL DOSE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SUICIDE GENE THERAPY; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLAGUE; PLAGUE VACCINE; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 27444433158     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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