Brucella abortus bacA mutant induces greater pro-inflammatory cytokines than the wild-type parent strain

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Parent, Michelle A ^a   Goenka, Radhika ^a   Murphy, Erin ^a   LeVier, Kristen ^b   Carreiro, Nuno ^a   Golding, Basil ^c   Ferguson, Gail ^b   Roop II, R Martin ^d   Walker, Graham C ^b   Baldwin, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacA; Brucella; Brucellosis; Intracellular bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIVE VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BACA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACA GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HOST; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; WASTING SYNDROME; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; GENE DELETION; INTERFERON TYPE II; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MUS;

EID: 33846420247     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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