Detection of virulence genes (bvfA, virB and ure) in Brucella melitensis isolated from aborted fetuses of sheep and goats

Background and Objectives: Brucella, causative of brucellosis, has some potential virulence factors involved in Brucella replication and its strategies to circumvent the immune response. One of them is the virB gene that encodes the type ІV secretion system proteins (T4SS) involved in intracellular...

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Main Authors: Abdollah Derakhshandeh, Roya Firouzi, Ali Goudarztalejerd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2013-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/490