Maadani Arash, Fox Kristina A, Mylonakis Elftherios, Garsin Danielle A
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin St./MSB 1.174, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Infect Immun. 2007 May;75(5):2634-7. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01372-06. Epub 2007 Feb 16.
Enterococcus faecalis transposon insertion mutants were screened for attenuated killing of the nematode model host Caenorhabditis elegans. The genes disrupted in the attenuated mutants encode a variety of factors including transcriptional regulators, transporters, and damage control and repair systems. Five of nine mutants tested were attenuated in a mouse peritonitis model.
筛选粪肠球菌转座子插入突变体,以检测其对模式宿主秀丽隐杆线虫的杀伤能力减弱情况。在杀伤能力减弱的突变体中被破坏的基因编码多种因子,包括转录调节因子、转运蛋白以及损伤控制和修复系统。所测试的九个突变体中有五个在小鼠腹膜炎模型中表现出杀伤能力减弱。