The siderophore 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid is not required for virulence of Brucella abortus in BALB/c mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2615-2618

  Bellaire, Bryan H ^a   Elzer, Philip H ^b   Baldwin, Cynthia L ^c   Roop II, R Martin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; CHORISMIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 0032948141     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2615-2618.1999     Document Type: Article

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