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Seeking a niche: putative contributions of the hfq and bacA gene products to the successful adaptation of the brucellae to their intracellular home.
Veterinary microbiology - 20 Dec 2002
Roop R Martin, Robertson Gregory T, Ferguson Gail P, Milford Liesl E, Winkler Malcolm E, Walker Graham C
Abstract excerpt
Long-term residence of the brucellae in the phagosomal compartment of host macrophages is essential to their ability to produce disease in both natural and experimental hosts. Correspondingly, the Brucella spp. appear to be well adapted to resist the multiple environmental stresses they encounter in their intracellular home. This brief review will focus on the contributions of the hfq and bacA gene products to...
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