Production of the type IV secretion system differs among Brucella species as revealed with VirB5- and VirB8-specific antisera

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1075-1082

  Rouot, Bruno ^a,e   Alvarez Martinez, Maria Teresa ^a   Marius, Carine ^a   Menanteau, Pierrette ^b   Guilloteau, Laurence ^b   Boigegrain, Rose Anne ^a   Zumbihl, Robert ^a,f   O'Callaghan, David ^a   Domke, Natalie ^c   Baron, Christian ^c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN VIRB5; PROTEIN VIRB8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; FEMALE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNE SERA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OPERON; RABBITS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 0037369795     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.3.1075-1082.2003     Document Type: Article

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