Mutation of the maturase lipoprotein attenuates the virulence of Streptococcus equi to a greater extent than does loss of general lipoprotein lipidation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 6907-6919

  Hamilton, Andrea ^a,g   Robinson, Carl ^b   Sutcliffe, Iain C ^a,c   Slater, Josh ^d   Maskell, Duncan J ^e   Davis Poynter, Nick ^b   Smith, Ken ^b   Waller, Andrew ^b   Harrington, Dean J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g Tetricus Science Park   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; MATURASE LIPOPROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; LIPID OXIDATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; STRANGLES; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; GENES, BACTERIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33845499019     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01116-06     Document Type: Article

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