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The osmotic regulator OmpR is involved in the response of Yersinia enterocolitica O:9 to environmental stresses and survival within macrophages.
FEMS microbiology letters - 21 Nov 2003
Brzostek Katarzyna, Raczkowska Adrianna, Zasada Aleksandra
Abstract excerpt
Various environmental signals control the expression of the virulence factors in pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains. The role of the osmotic regulator OmpR protein in controlling the production of Yop proteins, virulence determinants in Y. enterocolitica O:9 (European type) has been studied. An ompR deletion mutant was constructed via allelic exchange with an ompR gene of Y. enterocolitica mutagenized in...
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