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Expression of the lux genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae modulates pilus expression and virulence

Bioluminescence has been harnessed for use in bacterial reporter systems and for in vivo imaging of infection in animal models. Strain Xen35, a bioluminescent derivative of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 4 strain TIGR4 was previously constructed for use for in vivo imaging of infections in animal...

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Autores principales: Herbert, Jenny A., Mitchell, Andrea M., Ritchie, Ryan, Ma, Jiangtao, Ross-Hutchinson, Kirsty, Mitchell, Timothy J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5771582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29342160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189426