Transposon-derived Brucella abortus rough mutants are attenuated and exhibit reduced intracellular survival

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1008-1016

  Allen, Chris A ^a   Adams, L Garry ^a   Ficht, Thomas A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

O ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0031911836     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1008-1016.1998     Document Type: Article

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