Influence of PhoP and intra-species variations on virulence of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis during the natural oral infection route.

The two-component regulatory system PhoP/PhoQ has been shown to (i) control expression of virulence-associated traits, (ii) confer survival and growth within macrophages and (iii) play a role in Yersinia infections. However, the influence of PhoP on virulence varied greatly between different murine...

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Main Authors: Fabio Pisano, Wiebke Heine, Maik Rosenheinrich, Janina Schweer, Aaron M Nuss, Petra Dersch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4116203?pdf=render