The subtleties and contrasts of the LeuO regulator in Salmonella Typhi: implications in the immune response

Salmonella are facultative intracellular pathogens. Salmonella infection occurs mainly by expression of two Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands (SPI-1 and SPI-2). SPI-1 encodes transcriptional factors that participate in the expression of virulence factors encoded in the island. However, there are tran...

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Main Authors: Carmen eGuadarrama, Tomás eVillaseñor, Edmundo eCalva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00581/full