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The Caenorhabditis elegans ABL-1 tyrosine kinase is required for Shigella flexneri pathogenesis.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2006
Burton Elizabeth A, Pendergast Ann Marie, Aballay Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
Shigellosis is a diarrheal disease caused by the gram-negative bacterium Shigella flexneri. Following ingestion of the bacterium, S. flexneri interferes with innate immunity, establishes an infection within the human colon, and initiates an inflammatory response that results in destruction of the tissue lining the gut. Examination of host cell factors required for S. flexneri pathogenesis in vivo has proven...
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