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Temperature-dependence of yadBC phenotypes in Yersinia pestis.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Feb 2014
Uittenbogaard Annette M, Myers-Morales Tanya, Gorman Amanda A, Welsh Erin, Wulff Christine, Hinnebusch B Joseph, Korhonen Timo K, Straley Susan C
Abstract excerpt
YadB and YadC are putative trimeric autotransporters present only in the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis and its evolutionary predecessor, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Previously, yadBC was found to promote invasion of epithelioid cells by Y. pestis grown at 37 °C. In this study, we found that yadBC also promotes uptake of 37 °C-grown Y. pestis by mouse monocyte/macrophage cells. We tested whether yadBC might be...
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