Global effects of catecholamines on Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae gene expression.

Bacteria can use mammalian hormones to modulate pathogenic processes that play essential roles in disease development. Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is an important porcine respiratory pathogen causing great economic losses in the pig industry globally. Stress is known to contribute to the outcome...

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Main Authors: Lu Li, Zhuofei Xu, Yang Zhou, Lili Sun, Ziduo Liu, Huanchun Chen, Rui Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3275570?pdf=render