The horizontally-acquired response regulator SsrB drives a Salmonella lifestyle switch by relieving biofilm silencing

A common strategy by which bacterial pathogens reside in humans is by shifting from a virulent lifestyle, (systemic infection), to a dormant carrier state. Two major serovars of Salmonella enterica, Typhi and Typhimurium, have evolved a two-component regulatory system to exist inside Salmonella-cont...

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Main Authors: Stuti K Desai, Ricksen S Winardhi, Saravanan Periasamy, Michal M Dykas, Yan Jie, Linda J Kenney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-02-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/10747