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A L Hodgson1, J Krywult, L A Corner, J S Rothel, A J Radford.
Abstract
The phospholipase D (PLD) gene (pld) has been deleted from the Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis chromosome by using site-specific mutagenesis. Sheep infection trials indicate that the PLD-negative C. pseudotuberculosis strain (Toxminus) is incapable of inducing caseous lymphadentis (cheesy gland) even at doses two logs higher than that at which the wild-type strain produces the disease. This clearly establishes PLD as a major C. pseudotuberculosis virulence factor. Vaccination of sheep with live Toxminus C. pseudotuberculosis elicits strong humoral and cell-mediated immune responses and protects the animals from wild-type challenge.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1612756 PMCID: PMC257252 DOI: 10.1128/iai.60.7.2900-2905.1992
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441