Article
Characterization of late acyltransferase genes of Yersinia pestis and their role in temperature-dependent lipid A variation.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2006
Rebeil Roberto, Ernst Robert K, Jarrett Clayton O, Adams Kristin N, Miller Samuel I, Hinnebusch B Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia pestis is an important human pathogen that is maintained in flea-rodent enzootic cycles in many parts of the world. During its life cycle, Y. pestis senses host-specific environmental cues such as temperature and regulates gene expression appropriately to adapt to the insect or mammalian host. For example, Y. pestis synthesizes different forms of lipid A when grown at temperatures corresponding to the in...
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