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The role of coupled positive feedback in the expression of the SPI1 type three secretion system in Salmonella.
PLoS pathogens - 29 Jul 2010
Saini Supreet, Ellermeier Jeremy R, Slauch James M, Rao Christopher V
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a common food-borne pathogen that induces inflammatory diarrhea and invades intestinal epithelial cells using a type three secretion system (T3SS) encoded within Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI1). The genes encoding the SPI1 T3SS are tightly regulated by a network of interacting transcriptional regulators involving three coupled positive feedback loops. While the...
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