In vivo characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae genes involved in the pathogenesis of meningitis by differential fluorescence induction

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 382-388

  Xu, Wen Chun ^a   Zhang, Xue Mei ^a   Meng, Jiang Ping ^a   Wu, Kai Feng ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Zhao, Qing ^a   Li, Nan ^a   Cui, Fang ^a   Zhu, Xing Hua ^a   Cao, Ju ^a   Shu, Cao Zhong ^a   Shan, You Lan ^a   Yin, Yi Bing ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL WALL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METABOLISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; PROMOTER REGION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CELL SEPARATION; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77956035172     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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