Brucella ovis lacking a species-specific putative ATP-binding cassette transporter is attenuated but immunogenic in rams

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 546-553

  Silva, Ana Patrícia C ^a   Macêdo, Auricélio A ^a   Costa, Luciana F ^a   Turchetti, Andréia P ^a   Bull, Valquíria ^a   Pessoa, Moisés S ^a   Araújo, Márcio S S ^b   Nascimento, Ernane F ^a   Martins Filho, Olindo A ^b   Paixão, Tatiane A ^a   Santos, Renato L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

abcAB; Brucella ovis; Immunogenic potential; Kinetics; Rams

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INOCULATION; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RAM (SHEEP); SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR OVIS; OVIS;

BRUCELLA OVIS; IMMUNOGENIC POTENTIAL; KINETICS; RAMS; ΔABCAB;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BRUCELLA OVIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MUTATION; SEMEN; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; URINE;

EID: 84888052085     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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