A transposon insertion mutant of Mycobacterium fortuitum attenuated in virulence and persistence in a murine infection model that is complemented by Rv3291c of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 45, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 370-376

  Parti, R P S ^a   Shrivastava, Rahul ^a   Srivastava, S ^a   Subramanian, A R ^a   Roy, Raja ^a   Srivastava, Brahm S ^a   Srivastava, Ranjana ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuated virulence; Murine infection; Mycobacterium fortuitum; Persistence; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; KIDNEY INJURY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MURINAE; MUS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 56549091165     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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