A lysozyme-like protein in Brucella abortus is involved in the early stages of intracellular replication

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 956-964

  Del Giudice, Mariela G ^a   Ugalde, Juan E ^a   Czibener, Cecilia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALNEXIN; CELL MARKER; GLUCAN SYNTHASE; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCANASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL ASSAY; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYSIS; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS;

EID: 84874741080     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01158-12     Document Type: Article

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