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Type III secretion system cluster 3 is required for maximal virulence of Burkholderia pseudomallei in a hamster infection model.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jan 2005
Warawa Jonathan, Woods Donald E
Abstract excerpt
Burkholderia pseudomallei, the etiological agent of melioidosis, is an animal pathogen capable of inducing a highly fatal septicemia. B. pseudomallei possesses three type III secretion system (TTSS) clusters, two of which (TTSS1 and TTSS2) are homologous to the TTSS of the plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum, and one (TTSS3) is homologous to the Salmonella SPI-1 mammalian pathogenicity island. We have...
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