Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis tatB and tatC mutants are impaired in Caco-2 cell invasion in vitro and show reduced systemic spread in chickens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3493-3505

  Mickael, Claudia Silva ^a   Lam, Po King S ^a   Berberov, Emil M ^a   Allan, Brenda ^a   Potter, Andrew A ^a   Köster, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; GRISEIN; PROTEIN TATB; PROTEIN TATC; TRANSLOCON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FERRICHROME; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL INVASION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; BIRD DISEASE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CHICKENS; EDETIC ACID; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FERRICHROME; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 77955296876     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00090-10     Document Type: Article

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