“If you bring an alarm, we will destroy it,” said Brucella to the host cell

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The invA gene of Brucella melitensis is involved in intracellular invasion and is required to establish infection in a mouse model

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by institutional funding from Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale. The author acknowledges Alexandre Gorvel for the excellent artwork in Figure 1.