The NanI and NanJ sialidases of Clostridium perfringens are not essential for virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4421-4428

  Chiarezza, Martina ^a   Lyras, Dena ^a   Pidot, Sacha J ^a   Flores Díaz, Marietta ^b   Awad, Milena M ^a   Kennedy, Catherine L ^a   Cordner, Leanne M ^a   Phumoonna, Tongted ^a   Poon, Rachael ^a   Hughes, Meredith L ^a   Emmins, John J ^a   Alape Girón, Alberto ^b   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; SIALIDASE; SIALIDASE NANI; SIALIDASE NANJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL LINE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS GANGRENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MELANOMA B16; MELANOMA CELL; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; GAS GANGRENE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEURAMINIDASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 70349416542     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00548-09     Document Type: Article

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