| Literature DB >> 16861687 |
Gilles Patey1, Zhong Qi, Gisele Bourg, Christian Baron, David O'Callaghan.
Abstract
A Brucella suis mutant with a nonpolar deletion in the virB8 gene was attenuated in a macrophage infection model. Complementation with the B. suis VirB8 protein expressed from the virB promoter restored virulence. Expression of TraJ, a VirB8 homologue from plasmid pSB102, did not restore virulence; however, virulence was partially restored by a chimeric protein containing the N terminus of the B. suis VirB8 protein and the C-terminal periplasmic domain of TraJ.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16861687 PMCID: PMC1539617 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00584-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441