VirA: A virulence-related gene of Streptococcus suis serotype 2

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 305-310

  Li, Peng ^a,b,c   Liu, Jun ^b,c   Zhu, Lingwei ^b,c   Qi, Chong ^b,c   Bei, Weicheng ^d   Cai, Xuehui ^e   Sun, Yang ^b,c   Feng, Shuzhang ^b,c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^c Zoonosis prevention and control   (China)

^d HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRA PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE DELETION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUS; VIRUSES;

EID: 77955412524     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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