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ArticleInfection and immunity2013

Comparison of genomes of Brucella melitensis M28 and the B. melitensis M5-90 derivative vaccine strain highlights the translation elongation factor Tu gene tuf2 as an attenuation-related gene.

Fangkun Wang, Zujian Qiao, Sen Hu, Wenxing Liu, Huajun Zheng, Sidang Liu, Xiaomin Zhao, Zhigao Bu

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Fangkun WangState Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology and Zoonosis Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
Zujian Qiao
Sen Hu
Wenxing Liu
Huajun Zheng
Sidang Liu
Xiaomin Zhao
Zhigao Bu
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CNHarbin Veterinary Research Institute · CNShandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNChinese National Human Genome Center · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brucella melitensis causes brucellosis, a disease affecting sheep, cattle, and sometimes humans. Attenuated B. melitensis strain M5-90, derived from virulent strain M28, is widely used as a live vaccine in ruminants in China. Genetic differences between the strains may cast light on the mechanism of attenuation. We recently reported the complete genomic sequences of M28 and M5-90. Genome organization is highly conserved between these isolates, and also with virulent strains 16 M and ATCC 23457. Analysis revealed 23 open reading frames (ORFs) with consistent differences between M5-90 and the virulent strains. Notably, the tuf2 gene encoding translation elongation factor EF-Tu from M5-90 contained 50 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 9 gaps (indels) compared to tuf2 of M28 or of the other virulent strains. There were no changes in tuf1. To evaluate the potential role of EF-Tu in pathogenesis, tuf1 and tuf2 mutants of M28 and an M5-90 strain harboring wild-type tuf2 were constructed, and their virulence/attenuation was evaluated in vivo. We report that the tuf2 gene plays an important role in the attenuation of M5-90 virulence.

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Genome, BacterialAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBase SequenceBrucella melitensisBrucella VaccineBrucellosisFemaleMiceMolecular Sequence DataPeptide Elongation Factor TuPolymorphism, Single NucleotideVaccines, AttenuatedVirulenceBacterial ProteinsBrucella VaccinePeptide Elongation Factor TuVaccines, Attenuated

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PMID23716607
PMCPMC3719578
OpenAlexW2130549544

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