Brucella adaptation and survival at the crossroad of metabolism and virulence

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2929-2934

  Barbier, T ^a   Nicolas, C ^a   Letesson, J J ^a  

^a University of Namur   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brucella; Central metabolism virulence

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL FUNCTION; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMANS; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA;

EID: 80053222651     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.08.011     Document Type: Review

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