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The Campylobacter jejuni CiaD effector protein activates MAP kinase signaling pathways and is required for the development of disease.
Cell communication and signaling : CCS - 21 Oct 2013
Samuelson Derrick R, Eucker Tyson P, Bell Julia A, Dybas Leslie, Mansfield Linda S, Konkel Michael E
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BACKGROUND: Enteric pathogens utilize a distinct set of proteins to modulate host cell signaling events that promote host cell invasion, induction of the inflammatory response, and intracellular survival. Human infection with Campylobacter jejuni, the causative agent of campylobacteriosis, is characterized by diarrhea containing blood and leukocytes. The clinical presentation of acute disease, which is consistent...
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