Brucella abortus nicotinamidase (PncA) contributes to its intracellular replication and infectivity in mice

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 289-295

  Kim, Suk ^a   Kurokawa, Daisuke ^a   Watanabe, Kenta ^a   Makino, Sou Ichi ^a   Shirahata, Toshikazu ^a   Watarai, Masahisa ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brucella; Macrophages; Nicotiamidase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDASE; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENDOSOME; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL DIVISION; DNA PRIMERS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; NICOTINAMIDASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS;

EID: 2342634320     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.03.038     Document Type: Article

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