| Literature DB >> 19797067 |
Veronica Novik1, Dirk Hofreuter, Jorge E Galán.
Abstract
Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of food-borne illness in the United States. Despite significant recent advances, its mechanisms of pathogenesis are poorly understood. A unique feature of this pathogen is that, with some exceptions, it lacks homologs of known virulence factors from other pathogens. Through a genetic screen, we have identified a C. jejuni homolog of the VirK family of virulence factors, which is essential for antimicrobial peptide resistance and mouse virulence.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19797067 PMCID: PMC2786475 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00528-09
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441