Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 5th, 2008
"Bacterial acid phosphatases are thought to play a major role in the virulence and intracellular survival of a number of intracellular pathogens. The goal of this study was to delete the four primary acid phosphatases (Acps) from Francisella novicida and examine the interactions of mutant strains with macrophages, as well as the virulence of these strains in mice. We constructed F. novicida mutants with various combinations of acp...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-11-05)
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