Role of Tellurite Resistance Operon in Filamentous Growth of Yersinia pestis in Macrophages.

<h4>Background</h4>Yersinia pestis initiates infection by parasitism of host macrophages. In response to macrophage infections, intracellular Y. pestis can assume a filamentous cellular morphology which may mediate resistance to host cell innate immune responses. We previously observed t...

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Main Authors: Duraisamy Ponnusamy, Kenneth D Clinkenbeard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141984