Bile Salts Modulate the Mucin-Activated Type VI Secretion System of Pandemic Vibrio cholerae.

The causative agent of cholera, Vibrio cholerae, regulates its diverse virulence factors to thrive in the human small intestine and environmental reservoirs. Among this pathogen's arsenal of virulence factors is the tightly regulated type VI secretion system (T6SS). This system acts as an inver...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Verena Bachmann, Benjamin Kostiuk, Daniel Unterweger, Laura Diaz-Satizabal, Stephen Ogg, Stefan Pukatzki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4552747?pdf=render