The Typhoid Toxin Promotes Host Survival and the Establishment of a Persistent Asymptomatic Infection.

Bacterial genotoxins, produced by several Gram-negative bacteria, induce DNA damage in the target cells. While the responses induced in the host cells have been extensively studied in vitro, the role of these effectors during the course of infection remains poorly characterized. To address this issu...

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Main Authors: Lisa Del Bel Belluz, Riccardo Guidi, Ioannis S Pateras, Laura Levi, Boris Mihaljevic, Syed Fazle Rouf, Marie Wrande, Marco Candela, Silvia Turroni, Claudia Nastasi, Clarissa Consolandi, Clelia Peano, Toma Tebaldi, Gabriella Viero, Vassilis G Gorgoulis, Thorbjørn Krejsgaard, Mikael Rhen, Teresa Frisan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4824513?pdf=render