Epigenetic Control of Salmonella enterica O-Antigen Chain Length: A Tradeoff between Virulence and Bacteriophage Resistance

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Cota, Ignacio ^a   Sánchez Romero, María Antonia ^a   Hernández, Sara B ^a,d   Pucciarelli, M Graciela ^b,c   García Del Portillo, Francisco ^b   Casadesús, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN OPVA; PROTEIN OPVB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DAM METHYLTRANSFERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN; SITE SPECIFIC DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE SPECIFIC);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; GENETIC FITNESS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; O ANTIGENS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIRULENCE;

EID: 84949256747     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005667     Document Type: Article

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