Cytotoxic Escherichia coli strains encoding colibactin isolated from immunocompromised mice with urosepsis and meningitis.

Immune-compromised mouse models allow for testing the preclinical efficacy of human cell transplantations and gene therapy strategies before moving forward to clinical trials. However, CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing of the Wsh/Wsh mouse strain to create an immune-compromised model lacking function of Rag2...

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Main Authors: Vasudevan Bakthavatchalu, Katherine J Wert, Yan Feng, Anthony Mannion, Zhongming Ge, Alexis Garcia, Kathleen E Scott, Tyler J Caron, Carolyn M Madden, Johanne T Jacobsen, Gabriel Victora, Rudolf Jaenisch, James G Fox
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5858775?pdf=render