Brucella abortus VirB12 is expressed during infection but is not an essential component of the type IV secretion system

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 6048-6054

  Sun, Yao Hui ^a,b   Rolán, Hortensia G ^a,b   Den Hartigh, Andreas B ^a,b   Sondervan, David ^a   Tsolis, Renée M ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRB PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; DELETION MUTANT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIRB1 GENE; VIRB11 GENE; VIRB12 GENE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTATION; OPERON; SEQUENCE DELETION; SPLEEN;

EID: 23944467588     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.6048-6054.2005     Document Type: Article

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