Article
Mutation of purD and purF genes further attenuates Brucella abortus strain RB51.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Feb 2015
Truong Quang Lam, Cho Youngjae, Barate Abhijit Kashinath, Kim Suk, Watarai Masahisa, Hahn Tae-Wook
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, transposon mutagenesis was used to further attenuate Brucella abortus RB51 vaccine strain. Two purD and purF mutants were constructed, characterized and evaluated for attenuation via intracellular survival in murine macrophage-like RAW264.7 and HeLa cells, and by clearance in BALB/c mice. The purD and purF mutants showed significantly decreased intracellular survival, and complementation of...
Topics
- Animals
- Biosynthetic Pathways
- Brucella abortus
- Brucellosis
- Cell Line
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Disease Models, Animal
- Epithelial Cells
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Macrophages
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
