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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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4769171/ |