Restoring virulence to mutants lacking subunits of multiprotein machines: Functional complementation of a Brucella virB5 mutant

FEBS Open Bio

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-75

  Sprynski, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Felix, Christine ^a,b   O'Callaghan, David ^a,b   Vergunst, Annette C ^a,b  

^a CHU Nîmes   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHES   (France)

Author keywords

Brucella; Complementation; Type IV secretion system; VirB5

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VECTOR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BRUCELLA SUIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPLICON; VIRULENCE; VIRUS MUTANT; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA SUIS 1330;

EID: 84861220378     PISSN: 22115463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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