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An aromatic amino acid auxotrophic mutant of Bordetella bronchiseptica is attenuated and immunogenic in a mouse model of infection.
FEMS microbiology letters - 11 Apr 2003
McArthur Jason D, West Nicholas P, Cole Jason N, Jungnitz Heidrun, Guzmán Carlos A, Chin James, Lehrbach Philip R, Djordjevic Steven P, Walker Mark J
Abstract excerpt
We have constructed an aromatic amino acid auxotrophic mutant of Bordetella bronchiseptica, harbouring mutations in aroA and trpE to investigate the use of such a strain as a live-attenuated vaccine. B. bronchiseptica aroA trpE was unable to grow in minimal medium without aromatic supplementation. Compared to the parental wild-type strain, the mutant displayed significantly reduced abilities to invade and survive...
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