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The alternative sigma factor sigma is required for resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to anti-microbial peptides.
Molecular microbiology - 1 May 2005
Crouch Marie-Laure, Becker Lynne A, Bang Iel-Soo, Tanabe Hiroki, Ouellette Andre J, Fang Ferric C
Abstract excerpt
The enteric pathogen Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) encounters a variety of anti-microbial peptides during the course of infection. We report here that the extracytoplasmic sigma factor sigma(E) (RpoE) is required for Salmonella resistance to killing by the bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI)-derived peptide P2 and the murine alpha-defensin cryptdin-4 (Crp4). Moreover,...
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