Brucella abortus requires the heme transporter BhuA for maintenance of chronic infection in BALB/c mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5248-5254

  Paulley, James T ^a   Anderson, Eric S ^a   Roop II, R Martin ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; HEME; IRON; PROTEIN BHUA; PROTEIN SHUA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BHUA GENE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEME; IRON; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 35648973740     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00460-07     Document Type: Article

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