Identification of genes required for chronic persistence of Brucella abortus in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 4102-4107

  Hong, Priscilla C ^a   Tsolis, Renée M ^a   Ficht, Thomas A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE TARGETING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033933751     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.7.4102-4107.2000     Document Type: Article

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