Identification of Brucella suis genes affecting intracellular survival in an in vitro human macrophage infection model by signature-tagged transposon mutagenesis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1297-1303

  Foulongne, Vincent ^a   Bourg, Giséle ^a   Cazevieille, Chantal ^a   Michaux Charachon, Sylvie ^a   O'Callaghan, David ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COLISTIN; DNA; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA SUIS; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BRUCELLA SUIS;

EID: 0033961615     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.3.1297-1303.2000     Document Type: Article

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