In search of Brucella abortus type iv secretion substrates: Screening and identification of four proteins translocated into host cells through virb system

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1261-1274

  Marchesini, María Inés ^a   Herrmann, Claudia K ^a   Salcedo, Suzana P ^b,c,d   Gorvel, Jean Pierre ^b,c,d   Comerci, Diego J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b CENTRE D IMMUNOLOGIE DE MARSEILLE LUMINY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FEMALE; HELA CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCREENING; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79960433289     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01618.x     Document Type: Article

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