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Invasive characteristics of apathogenic Shigella flexneri 5a2c mutant obtained under the effect of furazolidone.
Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine - 1 May 2004
Efremova T N, Gruzdeva I G, Matveev I V, Bozhokina E S, Komissarchuk Ya Yu, Fedorova Z F, Khaitlina S Yu
Abstract excerpt
Apathogenic Shigella flexneri 5a2c mutant treated with furazolidone can infect eucaryotic cells. These bacteria contain no virulence genes responsible for Sh. flexneri invasion, which seems to be the cause of their apathogenicity. The capacity of bacteria to penetrate into eucaryotic cells correlates with the appearance of ECP 32 protease specifically cleaving actin.
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