Role in virulence of a Brucella abortus protein exhibiting lectin-like activity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 183-191

  Vemulapalli, Tracy H ^a,b   Vemulapalli, Ramesh ^b   Schurig, Gerhardt G ^a   Boyle, Stephen M ^a   Sriranganathan, Nammalwar ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MANNOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CATTLE DISEASE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYNTHESIS; ZOONOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LECTINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 29644447896     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.183-191.2006     Document Type: Article

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