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BarA-UvrY two-component system regulates virulence of uropathogenic E. coli CFT073.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Palaniyandi Senthilkumar, Mitra Arindam, Herren Christopher D, Lockatell C Virginia, Johnson David E, Zhu Xiaoping, Mukhopadhyay Suman
Abstract excerpt
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), a member of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli, cause ∼80% of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI) in humans. UPEC initiates its colonization in epithelial cells lining the urinary tract with a complicated life cycle, replicating and persisting in intracellular and extracellular niches. Consequently, UPEC causes cystitis and more severe form of pyelonephritis....
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