Brucella abortus and its closest phylogenetic relative, Ochrobactrum spp., differ in outer membrane permeability and cationic peptide resistance

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3210-3218

  Velasco, J ^a   Bengoechea, J A ^a,b   Brandenburg, K ^b   Lindner, B ^b   Seydel, U ^b   Gonzalez D ^a   Zahringer U ^b   Moreno, E ^c   Moriyon I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MEMBRANE LIPID; POLYMYXIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; OCHROBACTRUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATIONS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC RODS AND COCCI; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; PEPTIDES; POLYLYSINE; POLYMYXIN B;

EID: 0034118997     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3210-3218.2000     Document Type: Article

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