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ArticleInfection and immunity2018

Brucella abortus Senses the Intracellular Environment through the BvrR/BvrS Two-Component System, Which Allows B. abortus To Adapt to Its Replicative Niche.

Pamela Altamirano-Silva, Jazmín Meza-Torres, Amanda Castillo-Zeledón, Nazareth Ruiz-Villalobos, Ana Mariel Zuñiga-Pereira, Carlos Chacón-Díaz, Edgardo Moreno, Caterina Guzmán-Verri, Esteban Chaves-Olarte

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Pamela Altamirano-Silva *Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Jazmín Meza-Torres *Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Amanda Castillo-ZeledónPrograma de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Nazareth Ruiz-VillalobosPrograma de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Ana Mariel Zuñiga-PereiraPrograma de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Carlos Chacón-DíazCentro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Edgardo MorenoPrograma de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Caterina Guzmán-VerriCentro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
Esteban Chaves-OlarteCentro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica esteban.chaves@ucr.ac.cr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBrucella abortusCell LineEpithelial CellsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansMacrophagesMiceBacterial ProteinsBvrR protein, BrucellaBvrS protein, Brucellabrucellosistwo-component systemtype IV secretion system

Identifiers

PMID29378792
PMCPMC5865028

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