The Virulence Effect of CpxRA in Citrobacter rodentium Is Independent of the Auxiliary Proteins NlpE and CpxP

The Virulence Effect of CpxRA in Citrobacter rodentium Is Independent of the Auxiliary Proteins NlpE and CpxP

Citrobacter rodentium is a murine pathogen used to model the intestinal infection caused by Enteropathogenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EPEC and EHEC), two diarrheal pathogens responsible for morbidity and mortality in developing and developed countries, respectively. During infection,...

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Main Authors: Natalia Giannakopoulou, Nilmini Mendis, Lei Zhu, Samantha Gruenheid, Sebastien P. Faucher, Hervé Le Moual
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Citrobacter rodentium
virulence
two component systems
intestinal infection
CpxRA
bacterial gene expression
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00320/full

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