Genetics and Virulence Association of the Shigella flexneri Sit Iron Transport System

The sit-encoded iron transport system is present within pathogenicity islands in all Shigella spp. and some pathogenic Escherichia coli strains. The islands contain numerous insertion elements and sequences with homology to bacteriophage genes. The Shigella flexneri sit genes can be lost as a result...

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Main Authors: Fisher, Carolyn R., Davies, Nicola M. L. L., Wyckoff, Elizabeth E., Feng, Zhengyu, Oaks, Edwin V., Payne, Shelley M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2009
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Molecular Pathogenesis
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2681762/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19289511
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.00064-09
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