Molecular investigation of virulence determinants between a virulent clinical strain and an attenuated strain of burkholderia pseudomallei

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-204

  Puthucheary, S D ^a   Puah, Suat Moi ^a   Chai, Hwa Chia ^a   Thong, Kwai Lin ^b   Chua, Kek Heng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Subtractive hybridization; Virulence determinants

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HEMOLYSIN; PUTATIVE HEMOLYSIN ACTIVATION PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MOUSE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN FAMILY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION; XENOBIOTIC RESPONSIVE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE;

BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 84864212755     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: 16602412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338985     Document Type: Article

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