Characterization of host and bacterial factors critical for Shigella flexneri pathogenesis
Shigella species are Gram-negative bacterial pathogens acquired by fecal-oral spread. A common cause of bacillary dysentery worldwide, particularly in developing countries, Shigella invade colonic mucosal cells and employ a repertoire of proteins secreted by a type III secretion system (T3SS) to man...
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Harvard University
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard.inactive:11808 http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13064818 |