Attenuation and immunogenicity of a Brucella abortus htrA cycL double mutant in cattle

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-90

  Edmonds, Matthew ^a   Booth, Natha ^a,b   Hagius, Sue ^b   Walker, Joel ^b   Enright, Fred ^b   Martin Roop Ii, R ^c   Elzer, Philip ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Cattle bacteria; HtrA; Stress response protease

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MUTANT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEUTROPHILS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CAPRA; MURINAE;

EID: 0034285214     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00225-X     Document Type: Article

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