Genomic island 2 of Brucella melitensis is a major virulence determinant: Functional analyses of genomic islands

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6243-6252

  Rajashekara, Gireesh ^a,c   Covert, Jill ^b   Petersen, Erik ^b   Eskra, Linda ^b   Splitter, Gary ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; O ANTIGEN; TRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CELL AGGLUTINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

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

EID: 51549117281     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00520-08     Document Type: Article

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