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Interruption of the cydB locus in Brucella abortus attenuates intracellular survival and virulence in the mouse model of infection.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2001
Endley S, McMurray D, Ficht T A
Abstract excerpt
Brucellosis is characterized by abortion in ruminants and a protracted undulant fever in humans, which often results in severe pathological manifestations. Scant information exists about the molecular mechanisms employed by Brucella abortus to combat host defenses or to persist and replicate within host cells. Transposon (Tn5) mutagenesis of B. abortus and the subsequent screening of mutants for sensitivity to...
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