Bistable expression of CsgD in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium connects virulence to persistence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2312-2326

  MacKenzie, Keith D ^a,b   Wang, Yejun ^a   Shivak, Dylan J ^a,b   Wong, Cynthia S ^a   Hoffman, Leia J L ^a   Lam, Shirley ^a   Kröger, Carsten ^c   Cameron, Andrew D S ^d   Townsend, Hugh G G ^a,b   Köster, Wolfgang ^a,b   White, Aaron P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL INVASION; CELL ORGANELLE; CSGD GENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STABLE EXPRESSION; VIRULENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CACO 2 CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CACO-2 CELLS; CYCLIC GMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84929492784     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00137-15     Document Type: Article

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