Identification of specific and universal virulence factors in Burkholderia cenocepacia strains by using multiple infection hosts

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4102-4110

  Uehlinger, Susanne ^a   Schwager, Stephan ^a   Bernier, Steve P ^b,c   Riedel, Kathrin ^a   Nguyen, David T ^b   Sokol, Pamela A ^b   Eberl, Leo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,5 INDANDICARBOXYLIC ACID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; SIDEROPHORE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; HOST RANGE; MIXED INFECTION; MOTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; RAT;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEDICAGO SATIVA; QUORUM SENSING; RATS; SIDEROPHORES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 69049120321     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00398-09     Document Type: Article

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