Significant contribution of the pgdA gene to the virulence of Streptococcus suis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1120-1135

  Fittipaldi, Nahuel ^a   Sekizaki, Tsutomu ^b,c,e   Takamatsu, Daisuke ^b   De La Cruz Domínguez Punaro, María ^a   Harel, Josée ^a   Bui, Nhat Khai ^d   Vollmer, Waldemar ^d   Gottschalk, Marcelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PGDA GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MURINAE; MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 55349127844     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06463.x     Document Type: Article

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