Effect of superoxide dismutase gene inactivation on virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 toward the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1569-1575

  Iiyama, Kazuhiro ^a   Chieda, Yuuka ^a,b   Lee, Jae Man ^a   Kusakabe, Takahiro ^a   Yasunaga Aoki, Chisa ^a   Shimizu, Susumu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; IRON; MANGANESE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PATHOGENS;

BOMBYX MORI; HEMOLYMPH; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA PAO1; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE GENE INACTIVATION;

BACTERIA;

SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

BACTERIUM; CATERPILLAR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOLOGY; MOTH; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMID; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INACTIVATION; HEMOLYMPH; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILKWORM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BOMBYX; GENE SILENCING; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VIRULENCE;

BOMBYX MORI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33947219775     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00981-06     Document Type: Article

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