has_part has part has_part has disposition at some time attenuated disposition B. abortus aspC mutant B. abortus 2308 aspC mutant Information about the mutated molecule: MUTATION: aspC encodes for an aminotransferase. B.abortus aspC mutant obtained from randomized miniTn5Km2 transposon mutagenesis showed decreased intracellular survival inside HeLa cells. So B. abortus aspC gene is essential for HeLa cell intracellular growth [Ref6469:Kim et al., 2003]. UniProtKB accession: Q2YRM6 YH NCBIGene: 3788626 The gene aspC from the strain Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 2308 is a virulence gene. PMID: 12761078 A mutant of strain Brucella melitensis biovar Abortus 2308 that lacks an intact gene aspC. aspC aspartate aminotransferase