Identification and characterization of in vivo attenuated mutants of Brucella melitensis.
Brucella melitensis 16M is a Gram-negative alpha2-proteobacterium responsible for abortion in goats and for Malta fever in humans. This facultative intracellular pathogen invades into and survives within both professional and non-professional phagocytes. Signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) was used t...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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