Contribution of citrulline ureidase to Francisella tularensis strain Schu S4 pathogenesis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 4798-4806

  Mahawar, Manish ^a   Kirimanjeswara, Girish S ^a   Metzger, Dennis W ^a   Bakshi, Chandra Shekhar ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBON; CITRULLINE; CITRULLINE UREIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENOMIC DNA; HYDROLASE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTU GENE; DELETION MUTANT; ENZYME ASSAY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE DELETION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER; LUNG; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TULAREMIA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CITRULLINE; FEMALE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SEQUENCE DELETION; UREASE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MUS;

EID: 67749130744     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00212-09     Document Type: Article

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