Systematic targeted mutagenesis of Brucella melitensis 16M reveals a major role for GntR regulators in the control of virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5578-5586

  Haine, Valérie ^a   Sinon, Audrey ^a   Van Steen, Frédéric ^a   Rousseau, Stéphanie ^a   Dozot, Marie ^a   Lestrate, Pascal ^a   Lambert, Christophe ^a   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a   De Bolle, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; VIRB PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARAC GENE; ARSR GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRP GENE; DEOR GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GNTR GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICLR GENE; LYSR GENE; MALE; MERR GENE; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RPIR GENE; TETR GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TARGETING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 23944460126     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.5578-5586.2005     Document Type: Article

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