Bacterial Suppression of RNA Polymerase II-Dependent Host Gene Expression

Asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) is a bacterial carrier state in the urinary tract that resembles commensalism at other mucosal sites. ABU strains often lack the virulence factors that characterize uropathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains and therefore elicit weak innate immune responses in th...

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Main Authors: Ines Ambite, Nataliya Lutay, Christoph Stork, Ulrich Dobrindt, Björn Wullt, Catharina Svanborg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-07-01
Series:Pathogens
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/5/3/49