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Polyamines are required for virulence in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Jelsbak Lotte, Thomsen Line Elnif, Wallrodt Inke, Jensen Peter Ruhdal, Olsen John Elmerdahl
Abstract excerpt
Sensing and responding to environmental cues is a fundamental characteristic of bacterial physiology and virulence. Here we identify polyamines as novel environmental signals essential for virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, a major intracellular pathogen and a model organism for studying typhoid fever. Central to its virulence are two major virulence loci Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 and 2...
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