Identification of an IS711 element interrupting the wboA gene of Brucella abortus vaccine strain RB51 and a PCR assay to distinguish strain RB51 from other Brucella species and strains

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 760-764

  Vemulapalli, Ramesh ^a   Mcquiston, John R ^a   Schurig, Gerhardt G ^a   Sriranganathan, Nammalwar ^a   Halling, Shirley M ^b   Boyle, Stephen M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUCELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032874151     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.5.760-764.1999     Document Type: Article

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