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SseA is required for translocation of Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 effectors into host cells.
Microbes and infection - 1 Jun 2003
Coombes Brian K, Brown Nat F, Kujat-Choy Sonya, Vallance Bruce A, Finlay B Brett
Abstract excerpt
The Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 (SPI2) is a virulence locus on the bacterial chromosome required for intracellular proliferation and systemic infection in mice. Cell culture models and a murine model of systemic infection were used to address the role of an uncharacterized SPI2 open reading frame, designated as sseA, in Salmonella virulence. A Salmonella strain with an unmarked internal deletion of sseA...
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