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Role of the Pst system in plaque formation by the intracellular pathogen Shigella flexneri.
Infection and immunity - 1 Mar 2005
Runyen-Janecky L J, Boyle A M, Kizzee A, Liefer L, Payne S M
Abstract excerpt
In response to the host cell environment, the intracellular pathogen Shigella flexneri induces the expression of numerous genes, including those in the pst operon which is predicted to encode a high-affinity phosphate acquisition system that is expressed under reduced phosphate conditions. An S. flexneri pst mutant forms smaller plaques in Henle cell monolayers than does the parental strain. This mutant exhibited...
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