Article
Environmental regulation of Salmonella typhi invasion-defective mutants.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1998
Leclerc G J, Tartera C, Metcalf E S
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella typhi is the etiologic agent of human typhoid. During infection, S. typhi adheres to and invades epithelial and M cells that line the distal ileum. To survive in the human host, S. typhi must overcome numerous complex extracellular and intracellular environments. Since relatively littl...
Topics
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Epithelial Cells
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Humans
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
- Intestine, Small
- Mutation
- Oxygen
- Salmonella typhi
- Topoisomerase II Inhibitors