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GTPases of the Rho subfamily are required for Brucella abortus internalization in nonprofessional phagocytes
(The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc., 2001-11-30)
Members of the genus Brucella are intracellular -Proteobacteria
responsible for brucellosis, a chronic disease
of humans and animals. Little is known about Brucella
virulence mechanisms, but the abilities of these ...
In vivo proteolytic degradation of the Escherichia coli acyltransferase HlyC
(The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2001-05-18)
Escherichia coli hemolysin (HlyA) is the prototype toxin of a major family of exoproteins produced by Gram-negative bacteria known as “repeats in toxins.” Only fatty acid-acylated HlyA molecules at residues Lys564 and ...
The two-component system BvrR BvrS essential for Brucella abortus virulence regulates the expression of outer membrane proteins with counterparts in members of the Rhizobiaceae
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2002-09-17)
The Brucella BvrR/BvrS two-component regulatory system is homologous to the ChvI/ChvG systems of Sinorhizobium meliloti and Agrobacterium tumefaciens necessary for endosymbiosis and pathogenicity in plants. BvrR/BvrS ...
Antimicrobial activity of myotoxic phospholipases A2 from crotalid snake venoms and synthetic peptide variants derived from their C-terminal region
(Elsevier, 2005)
A short peptide derived from the C-terminal region of Bothrops asper myotoxin II, a Lys49 phospholipase A2 (PLA2), was previously found to reproduce the bactericidal activity of its parent molecule. In this study, a panel ...
Regulation of Brucella virulence by the two-component system BvrR/BvrS
(Elsevier B.V., 2002-12-20)
The Brucella BvrR/BvrS two-component regulatory system is highly similar to the regulatory and sensory proteins of Sinorhizobium and Agrobacterium necessary for endosymbiosis and pathogenicity in plants, and very similar ...
Bactericidal and Antiendotoxic Properties of Short Cationic Peptides Derived from a Snake Venom Lys49 Phospholipase A2
(American Society for Microbiology, 2005-04)
The activities of short synthetic, nonhemolytic peptides derived from the C-terminal region of myotoxin 11, a catalytically inactive phospholipase A(2) homologue present in the venom of the snake Bothrops asper, have been ...
Brucella evades macrophage killing via VirB-dependent sustained interactions with the endoplasmic reticulum
(The Rockefeller University Press, 2003-01-18)
The intracellular pathogen Brucella is the causative agent of brucellosis, a worldwide zoonosis
that affects mammals, including humans. Essential to Brucella virulence is its ability to survive and
replicate inside host ...
Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharide in murine peritoneal macrophages acts as a down-regulator of T cell activation
(The American Association of Immunologists, Inc., 2000)
Macrophages play a central role in host immune responses against pathogens by acting as both professional phagocytic cells and
as fully competent APCs. We report here that the LPS from the facultative intracellular ...
Characterization of Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharide macrodomains as mega rafts
(Blackwell Science, 2005-09-28)
The lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of intracellular Proteobacteria such as Brucella, Chlamydia, Legionella and Rickettsia, have properties distinct from enterobacterial LPSs. These properties include deficient LPS induction of ...
Comparison of the antibody response in adult cattle against different epitopes of Brucella abortus lipopolysaccharide
(Blackwell, 2001)
The comparison of serological responses in a sample of adult, vaccinated and held-infected bovines with Brucella abortus is reported. Indirect enzyme immunoassav (EIA) titration curves and Western blotting tests for ...