Unraveling Brucella genomics and pathogenesis in immunocompromised IRF-1-/- mice

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 358-368

  Rajashekara, Gireesh ^a   Krepps, Michael ^a   Eskra, Linda ^a   Mathison, Angela ^a   Montgomery, Alison ^a   Ishii, Yohei ^a   Splitter, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Brucella; Genomic islands; IRF 1 mice; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; GENOMICS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LIVER; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; SPLEEN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENOMIC ISLANDS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 28644431555     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2005.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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