Roles of genomic island 3 (GI-3) BAB1_0278 and BAB1_0263 open reading frames (ORFs) in the virulence of Brucella abortus in BALB/c mice

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Céspedes, Sandra ^a   Salgado, Paulina ^a   Retamal Díaz, Angello ^a   Vidal, Roberto ^b   Oñate, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; Brucella abortus mutants strain; Genomic island 3 (GI 3); Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENOMIC ISLAND; GROWTH RATE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAGOCYTE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPLEEN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MUS;

EID: 84857645241     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.09.025     Document Type: Review

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