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ArticleCurrent microbiology2015

The effects of RegM on stress responses in Brucella melitensis.

Hao Dong, Wenjuan Liu, Xiaowei Peng, Qingmin Wu

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Article in Current microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Frontiers in microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hao DongDepartment of Zoonosis Control, China Animal Disease Control Center, Beijing, China, tunghao@163.com.
Wenjuan Liu
Xiaowei Peng
Qingmin Wu
China Agricultural University · CNChina Animal Disease Control Center · CNShandong Tumor Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brucella melitensis is a facultative intracellular pathogen. The regM gene encodes a sensory transduction protein kinase in B. melitensis 16M, and genes orthologous to regM have been found to exist in many bacterial species. However, little is known about the regulation function of this gene in Brucella. In order to characterize this gene, we constructed a marked deletion mutant of regM as well as its complemented strain. The mutant was less able to withstand acid and hyperosmotic conditions than wild-type strain but shown no significant difference with wild-type strain when challenged by elevated temperature and hypotonic conditions. In addition, inactivation of regM did not affect virulence in B. melitensis 16M in macrophage and mice infection models.

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Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialStress, PhysiologicalAcidsAnimalsBrucella melitensisBrucellosisDisease Models, AnimalGene DeletionGenetic Complementation TestHot TemperatureMacrophagesMiceOsmotic PressureProtein KinasesVirulenceAcidsProtein Kinases

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PMID25648428
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