Behaviour of a high-temperature-requirement a (HtrA) deletion mutant of Brucella abortus in goats

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 48-50

  Elzer, P H ^a,c   Hagius, S D ^b   Robertson, G T ^a   Phillips, R W ^a   Walker, J V ^b   Fatemi, M B ^b   Enright, F M ^b   Roop II, R M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; MURINAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGP PROTEASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TEMPERATURE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GOATS; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029691092     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(96)90130-7     Document Type: Article

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