Title
Global analysis of Brucella melitensis proteomes
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Abstract
Brucella melitensis is a facultative, intracellular, gram-negative cocco-bacillus that causes Malta fever in humans and brucellosis in animals. There are at least six species in the genus, and the disease is classified as zoonotic because several species infect humans. Using 2-D gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry, we have initiated (i) a comprehensive mapping and identification of all the expressed proteins of B. melitensis virulent strain 16M, and (ii) a comparative study of its proteome with the attentuated vaccinal strain Rev 1. Comprehensive proteome maps of all six Brucella species will be generated in order to obtain vital information for vaccine development, identification of pathogenicity islands, and establishment of host specificity and evolutionary relatedness.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
First Page
97
Last Page
101
Recommended Citation
Mujer, C., Wagner, M., Eschenbrenner, M., Horn, T., Kraycer, J., Redkar, R., Hagius, S., Elzer, P., & Delvecchio, V. (2002). Global analysis of Brucella melitensis proteomes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 969, 97-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04358.x