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Modulation of virulence factor expression by pathogen target cell contact.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 30 Aug 1996
Pettersson J, Nordfelth R, Dubinina E, Bergman T, Gustafsson M, Magnusson K E, Wolf-Watz H
Abstract excerpt
Upon contact with the eukaryotic cell, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis increased the rate of transcription of virulence genes (yop), as determined by in situ monitoring of light emission from individual bacteria expressing luciferase under the control of the yopE promoter. The microbe-host interaction triggered export of LcrQ, a negative regulator of Yop expression, via the Yop-type III secretion system. The...
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