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A phenotype at last: essential role for the Yersinia enterocolitica Ysa type III secretion system in a Drosophila melanogaster S2 cell model.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 2013
Walker Kimberly A, Maltez Vivien I, Hall Joshua D, Vitko Nicholas P, Miller Virginia L
Abstract excerpt
The highly pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica strains have a chromosomally encoded type III secretion system (T3SS) that is expressed and functional in vitro only when the bacteria are cultured at 26 °C. Mutations that render this system nonfunctional are slightly attenuated in the mouse model of infection only following an oral inoculation and only at early time points postinfection. The discrepancy between the...
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