Unique features in the intracellular transport of typhoid toxin revealed by a genome-wide screen.

Typhoid toxin is a virulence factor for Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi, the cause of typhoid fever in humans. This toxin has a unique architecture in that its pentameric B subunit, made of PltB, is linked to two enzymatic A subunits, the ADP ribosyl transferase PltA and the deoxyribonuclease CdtB. T...

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Main Authors: Shu-Jung Chang, Sheng Chih Jin, Xuyao Jiao, Jorge E Galán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6469816?pdf=render