Contribution of glutamine synthetase to the virulence of Streptococcus suis serotype 2

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 80-88

  Si, Youhui ^a   Yuan, Fangyan ^a   Chang, Haitao ^a   Liu, Xijian ^a   Li, Hongru ^a   Cai, Kai ^a   Xu, Zhuofei ^a   Huang, Qinfeng ^a   Bei, Weicheng ^a   Chen, Huanchun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Streptococcus suis serotype 2; Virulence

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE MODEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE CULTURE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

MURINAE; MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 70349229569     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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