Inactivation of the sodA gene of Streptococcus suis type 2 encoding superoxide dismutase leads to reduced virulence to mice

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 360-366

  Tang, Yulong ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyan ^a   Wu, Wei ^a   Lu, Zhongyan ^a   Fang, Weihuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Streptococcus suis type 2; Superoxide dismutase; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SODA PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS TYPE 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE DELETION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE;

MUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 84862806793     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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