Cholesterol oxidase (ChoE) is not important in the virulence of Rhodococcus equi

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 240-246

  Pei, Yanlong ^a   Dupont, Chris ^a   Sydor, Tobias ^b   Haas, Albert ^b   Prescott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Cholesterol oxidase; Rhodococcus equi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; LUNG VOLUME; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 33750975092     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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