Loss of the virulence plasmid by Shigella sonnei promotes its interactions with CD207 and CD209 receptors
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DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.001297
Abstract: Introduction Shigella sonnei, the cause of bacillary dysentery, belongs to Gram-negative enteropathogenic bacteria. S. sonnei contains a 210 kb virulence plasmid that encodes an O-antigen gene cluster of LPSs. However, this virulence plasmid is frequently lost… read more here.
Keywords: sonnei; virulence plasmid; rough strain; sonnei rough ... See more keywords