Drosophila melanogaster-based screening for multihost virulence factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 and identification of a virulence-attenuating factor, HudA

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4152-4162

  Kim, Seol Hee ^a   Park, Shin Young ^a   Heo, Yun Jeong ^a   Cho, You Hee ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLONE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCREENING TEST; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PERITONITIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 51949106514     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01637-07     Document Type: Article

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