<it>sigE</it> facilitates the adaptation of <it>Bordetella bronchiseptica</it> to stress conditions and lethal infection in immunocompromised mice
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The cell envelope of a bacterial pathogen can be damaged by harsh conditions in the environment outside a host and by immune factors during infection. Cell envelope stress responses preserve the integrity of this essential compartmen...
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2012-08-01
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Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/179 |