Identification and characterization of the Brucella abortus phosphoglucomutase gene: Role of lipopolysaccharide in virulence and intracellular multiplication

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 5716-5723

  Ugalde, J E ^a   Czibener, C ^a   Feldman, M F ^a   Ugalde, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; O ANTIGEN; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTICS, PEPTIDE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HELA CELLS; HUMAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; POLYMYXIN B; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIRULENCE;

BRUCELLA ABORTUS;

EID: 0033801234     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.10.5716-5723.2000     Document Type: Article

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