A two-component regulatory system playing a critical role in plant pathogens and endosymbionts is present in Brucella abortus and controls cell invasion and virulence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-138

  Sola Landa, Alberto ^a   Pizarro Cerdá, Javier ^b   Grilló, María Jesús ^c   Moreno, Edgardo ^b,d   Moriyón, Ignacio ^a   Blasco, José María ^c   Gorvel, Jean Pierre ^b   López Goñi, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL INVASION; HELA CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPOSON; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; EXOS; NEGIBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 0031850623     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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