Effect of metC mutation on Salmonella Gallinarum virulence and invasiveness in 1-day-old White Leghorn chickens

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 352-357

  Shah, Devendra H ^a   Shringi, Smriti ^a   Desai, Atul R ^a   Heo, Eun Jeong ^a   Park, Jin Ho ^a   Chae, Joon Seok ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chicken; metC mutant; Salmonella Gallinarum; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CYSTATHIONINE BETA LYASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CHICKEN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEPATOMEGALY; LIVER; METC GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; SALMONELLA GALLINARUM; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LYASES; MUTATION; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR GALLINARUM;

EID: 33845909274     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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