Deletion of purE attenuates Brucella melitensis infection in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2188-2192

  Crawford, Robert M ^a   Van De Verg, Lillian ^b   Yuan, Liang ^b   Hadfield, Ted L ^a   Warren, Richard L ^b   Drazek, E Susan ^a   Houng, Huo Shu H ^b   Hammack, Craig ^a   Sasala, Kristine ^b   Polsinelli, Tammy ^b   Thompson, Joseph ^a   Hoover, David L ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIVE VACCINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DELETION; INFLAMMATION; LIVER; LUNG; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENOMEGALY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

EID: 9344266889     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2188-2192.1996     Document Type: Article

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