Investigation into the role of the response regulator NtrC in the metabolism and virulence of Brucella suis

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Dorrell, Nick ^a   Guigue Talet, Patricia ^b   Spencer, Steve ^c   Foulonge, Vincent ^b   O'Callaghan, David ^b   Wren, Brendan W ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brucella suis; Isogenic mutant; NtrB; NtrC; Two component regulatory systems

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; MURIDAE; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033165859     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0278     Document Type: Article

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