Mutation of phosphotransacetylase but not isocitrate lyase reduces the virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2498-2502

  Kim, Yang Re ^a,d   Brinsmade, Shaun R ^b   Yang, Zheng ^a   Escalante Semerena, Jorge ^b   Fierer, Joshua ^a,c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOCITRATE LYASE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ACEA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON SOURCE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTA GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED DBA; MUTATION; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33645501173     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.4.2498-2502.2006     Document Type: Article

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