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Touchdown for gut pathogen virulence.

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Infection Escherichia coli is transformed from a commensal organism into a pathogen by acquisition of genetic elements called pathogenicity islands (PAIs). Katsowich et al. investigated how the PAI virulence genes… Click to show full abstract

Infection Escherichia coli is transformed from a commensal organism into a pathogen by acquisition of genetic elements called pathogenicity islands (PAIs). Katsowich et al. investigated how the PAI virulence genes of enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) respond when the bacterium attaches to a host gut

Keywords: pathogen virulence; pathogen; gut pathogen; virulence; touchdown gut

Journal Title: Science
Year Published: 2017

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