The virulence of salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium in the insect model galleria mellonella is impaired by mutations in RNase E and RNase III

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 6124-6133

  Viegas, Sandra C ^a   Mil Homens, Dalila ^b   Fialho, Arsénio M ^b   Arraiano, Cecília M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARALLEL ANALYSIS; REGULATORY RNAS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; VIRULENCE GENE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

SALMONELLA;

BACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENTOMOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOTH; MOTILITY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PROTEIN; RODENT; VIRULENCE;

RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; RIBONUCLEASE III;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMALS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; RIBONUCLEASE III; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84884172994     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02044-13     Document Type: Article

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