Article
Role for Salmonella enterica enterobacterial common antigen in bile resistance and virulence.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2003
Ramos-Morales Francisco, Prieto Ana I, Beuzón Carmen R, Holden David W, Casadesús Josep
Abstract excerpt
Passage through the digestive tract exposes Salmonella enterica to high concentrations of bile salts, powerful detergents that disrupt biological membranes. Mutations in the wecD or wecA gene, both of which are involved in the synthesis of enterobacterial common antigen (ECA), render S. enterica...
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