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Salmonella typhimurium thyA mutants fail to grow intracellularly in vitro and are attenuated in mice.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Mar 2001
Kok Menno, Bühlmann Elisabeth, Pechère Jean-Claude
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Salmonella typhimurium ATCC14028 readily multiplies in professional phagocytes in vitro and is highly virulent in mice. Mutants lacking thymidylate synthase activity (thyA) were isolated and shown to be strictly dependent on thymidine monophosphate precursors in the growth medium. The thyA mutants were found to be virtually incapable of intracellular growth and survival in vitro, both in macrophage-like cell line...
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