Postreplication Roles of the Brucella VirB Type IV Secretion System Uncovered via Conditional Expression of the VirB11 ATPase
Brucella abortus, the bacterial agent of the worldwide zoonosis brucellosis, primarily infects host phagocytes, where it undergoes an intracellular cycle within a dedicated membrane-bound vacuole, the Brucella-containing vacuole (BCV). Initially of endosomal origin (eBCV), BCVs are remodeled into re...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-11-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/7/6/e01730-16 |