Identification of a type IV secretion substrate of Brucella abortus that participates in the early stages of intracellular survival

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 396-410

  Döhmer, Peter H ^a   Valguarnera, Ezequiel ^a   Czibener, Cecilia ^a   Ugalde, Juan E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEMS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LYSOSOME-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84893852427     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12224     Document Type: Article

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