The transcriptional regulator SsrB is involved in a molecular switch controlling virulence lifestyles of Salmonella.

The evolution of bacterial pathogenicity, heavily influenced by horizontal gene transfer, provides new virulence factors and regulatory connections that alter bacterial phenotypes. Salmonella pathogenicity islands 1 and 2 (SPI-1 and SPI-2) are chromosomal regions that were acquired at different evol...

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Main Authors: Deyanira Pérez-Morales, María M Banda, N Y Elizabeth Chau, Heladia Salgado, Irma Martínez-Flores, J Antonio Ibarra, Bushra Ilyas, Brian K Coombes, Víctor H Bustamante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5562331?pdf=render