The outer membrane of Brucella ovis shows increased permeability to hydrophobic probes and is more susceptible to cationic peptides than are the outer membranes of mutant rough Brucella abortus strains

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6181-6186

  Freer, Enrique ^a   Pizarro Cerdá, Javier ^b   Weintraub, Andrej ^c   Bengoechea, José Antonio ^d   Moriyón, Ignacio ^d   Hultenby, Kjell ^c   Gorvel, Jean Pierre ^b   Moreno, Edgardo ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTENECIN; CATION; LACTOFERRIN; MELITTIN; PEPTIDE; POLYLYSINE; POLYMYXIN B; POLYORNITHINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL GROWTH; CELL KINETICS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032726688     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.6181-6186.1999     Document Type: Article

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