Molecular characterization of a Brucella species large DNA fragment deleted in Brucella abortus strains: Evidence for a locus involved in the synthesis of a polysaccharide

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2700-2712

  Vizcaíno, Nieves ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^b   Zygmunt, Michel S ^b   Fernández Lago, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 0344759135     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.2700-2712.1999     Document Type: Article

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