Mutations affecting Leptospira interrogans lipopolysaccharide attenuate virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 701-709

  Murray, Gerald L ^a   Srikram, Amporn ^b,d   Henry, Rebekah ^a   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^c   Sermswan, Rasana W ^b   Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HAMSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEROTYPE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MESOCRICETUS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77958584406     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07360.x     Document Type: Article

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