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Omp31 plays an important role on outer membrane properties and intracellular survival of Brucella melitensis in murine macrophages and HeLa cells.
Archives of microbiology - 1 Sept 2017
Verdiguel-Fernández L, Oropeza-Navarro R, Basurto-Alcántara Francisco J, Castañeda-Ramírez A, Verdugo-Rodríguez Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Brucellosis is an infectious disease that affects practically all species of mammals, including human, and is a major zoonosis worldwide. Brucella spp. are facultative intracellular pathogens that have the ability to survive and multiply in phagocytic and nonphagocytic cells such as trophoblast and epithelial cells. Among the six recognized species of the genus Brucella, Brucella melitensis is the main...
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