In vitro and in vivo phenotypes resulting from deletion of the high temperature requirement A (htrA) gene from the bovine vaccine strain Brucella abortus S19

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 197-207

  Robertson, Gregory T ^a   Elzer, Philip H ^a   Roop II, R Martin ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; genetics; reactive oxygen intermediates; stress response; vaccines

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; KANAMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 0030011612     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)84554-8     Document Type: Article

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