The sigA gene which is borne on the she pathogenicity island of Shigella flexneri 2a encodes an exported cytopathic protease involved in intestinal fluid accumulation

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2457-2463

  Al Hasani, Keith ^a   Henderson, Ian R ^b   Sakellaris, Harry ^a   Rajakumar, Kumar ^a,c   Grant, Travis ^c   Nataro, James P ^b   Robins Browne, Roy ^c   Adler, Ben ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTESTINE FLUID; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; ILEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; TEMPERATURE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034064649     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2457-2463.2000     Document Type: Article

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