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Characterization of DalS, an ATP-binding cassette transporter for D-alanine, and its role in pathogenesis in Salmonella enterica.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 4 May 2012
Osborne Suzanne E, Tuinema Brian R, Mok Mac C Y, Lau Pui Sai, Bui Nhat Khai, Tomljenovic-Berube Ana M, Vollmer Waldemar, Zhang Kun, Junop Murray, Coombes Brian K
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Expansion into new host niches requires bacterial pathogens to adapt to changes in nutrient availability and to evade an arsenal of host defenses. Horizontal acquisition of Salmonella Pathogenicity Island (SPI)-2 permitted the expansion of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium into the intracellular environment of host cells by allowing it to deliver bacterial effector proteins across the phagosome membrane....
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