Genome-wide mutant fitness profiling identifies nutritional requirements for optimal growth of Yersinia pestis in deep tissue

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Palace, Samantha G ^a   Proulx, Megan K ^a   Lu, Shan ^a   Baker, Richard E ^a   Goguen, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; YERSINIABACTIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE-GLUCOSE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; TRANSPOSON; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC FITNESS; GENOTYPE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOLS; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; THIAZOLES; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 84908272006     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01385-14     Document Type: Article

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