The horizontally-acquired response regulator SsrB drives a Salmonella lifestyle switch by relieving biofilm silencing

A common strategy by which bacterial pathogens reside in humans is by shifting from a virulent lifestyle, (systemic infection), to a dormant carrier state. Two major serovars of Salmonella enterica, Typhi and Typhimurium, have evolved a two-component regulatory system to exist inside Salmonella-cont...

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Main Authors: Desai, Stuti K, Winardhi, Ricksen S, Periasamy, Saravanan, Dykas, Michal M, Jie, Yan, Kenney, Linda J
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769171/