The Shigella virulence gene regulatory cascade: a paradigm of bacterial gene control mechanisms
Open Access
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 29 (3), 677-684
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00902.x
Abstract
Shigella flexneri is the causative agent of bacillary dysentery and is a facultative intracellular pathogen. Its virulence regulon is subject to tight control by several mechanisms involving the pro...Keywords
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