Tn5AraOut mutagenesis for the identification of Yersinia pestis genes involved in resistance towards cationic antimicrobial peptides

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 121-132

  Guo, Jitao ^b   Nair, Manoj K M ^a   Galván, Estela M ^a,c   Liu, Shu Lin ^b,d   Schifferli, Dieter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

LL 37; Minitransposon; Polymyxin B; Protamine; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

ASMA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORT PROTEIN C; GALAPTIN; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYL DIESTER PHOSPHODIESTERASE FAMILY PROTEIN; POLYMYXIN B; PROTAMINE; PROTEIN PBGP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ASMA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERROUS IRON TRANSPORT PROTEIN C GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GLPQ LIKE GENE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LUNG LAVAGE; MGLB GENE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PBGP GENE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMYXIN B; PROTAMINES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; RATTUS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 79959356961     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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