Is Brucella abortus a facultative intracellular pathogen with mitochondria-like activity?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-45

  Ramirez Romero R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA ABORTUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYMBIOSIS; TROPHOBLAST; ZOONOSIS;

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

EID: 0031597105     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(98)90252-3     Document Type: Article

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