Growth, virulence, and immunogenicity of Listeria monocytogenes aro mutants

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 5622-5629

  Stritzker, Jochen ^a   Janda, Jozef ^b   Schoen, Christoph ^a   Taupp, Marcus ^a   Pilgrim, Sabine ^a   Gentschev, Ivaylo ^a   Schreier, Peter ^a   Geginat, Gernot ^b   Goebel, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Inst für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 DEHYDRO 3 DEOXYPHOSPHOHEPTONATE ALDOLASE; 3 DEHYDROQUINATE DEHYDRATASE; 3 PHOSPHOSHIKIMATE 1 CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBENZOIC ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CYTOLYSIN; DNA VACCINE; FARNOQUINONE; FOLIC ACID; LISTERIOLYSIN; MENAQUINONE; SHIKIMIC ACID;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AROA GENE; AROB GENE; AROE GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSOL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 4644240236     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.10.5622-5629.2004     Document Type: Article

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