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IpaD localizes to the tip of the type III secretion system needle of Shigella flexneri.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2006
Espina Marianela, Olive Andrew J, Kenjale Roma, Moore David S, Ausar S Fernando, Kaminski Robert W, Oaks Edwin V, Middaugh C Russell, Picking William D, Picking Wendy L
Abstract excerpt
Shigella flexneri, the causative agent of shigellosis, is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen that initiates infection by invading cells within the colonic epithelium. Contact with host cell surfaces induces a rapid burst of protein secretion via the Shigella type III secretion system (TTSS). The first proteins secreted are IpaD, IpaB, and IpaC, with IpaB and IpaC being inserted into the host cell membrane to form...
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