Essential role of the virB machinery in the maturation of the Brucella abortus-containing vacuole

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 159-168

  Comerci, Diego J ^a,b   Martínez Lorenzo, Maria José ^c   Sieira, Rodrigo ^a   Gorvel, Jean Pierre ^c   Ugalde, Rodolfo A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO EZEIZA   (Argentina)

^c CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOGENESIS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL SURFACE; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYSOSOME; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTATION; VACUOLES; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 0035079679     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-5822.2001.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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