The glutamic acid decarboxylase system of the new species Brucella microti contributes to its acid resistance and to oral infection of mice

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1424-1432

  Occhialini, Alessandra ^a,b   Jiménez De Bagüés, Maria Pilar ^c   Saadeh, Bashir ^a,b   Bastianelli, Daniela ^d   Hanna, Nabil ^a,b   De Biase, Daniela ^d   Köhler, Stephan ^a,b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b University of Montpellier I and II   (France)

^c Unidad de Sanidad Vegetal   (Spain)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE A; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE B; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID TOLERANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MICROTI; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE A GENE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE B GENE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE C GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MOUTH INFECTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH ACID; WILD TYPE;

ACIDS; ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84867540124     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis522     Document Type: Article

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