Vru (Sub0144) controls expression of proven and putative virulence determinants and alters the ability of Streptococcus uberis to cause disease in dairy cattle

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1581-1592

  Egan, Sharon A ^a   Ward, Philip N ^b   Watson, Michael ^c,d   Field, Terence R ^d   Leigh, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VRU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DAIRY CATTLE; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTITIS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MASTITIS, BOVINE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BOS; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A'; STREPTOCOCCUS UBERIS;

EID: 84861852446     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.055863-0     Document Type: Article

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