Contribution of SPI-4 genes to the virulence of Salmonella enterica

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-159

  Kiss, Tünde ^a   Morgan, Eirwen ^b   Nagy, Gábor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Salmonella pathogenicity island 4; sii genes; Type I secretion; Virulence

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOUTH; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRULENCE;

BOVINAE; MUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 34548570034     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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