Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is a facultative intracellular pathogen.
Previous studies have indicated that the ability of Y. pestis to survive inside macrophages …

ABSTRACT The Yersinia plasmid-encoded Yop virulon enables extracellular adhering
bacteria to deliver toxic effector proteins inside their target cells. It includes a type III …

Yersinia spp. undermine the immune responses of infected animals by translocating Yops
directly into host cells with a type III secretion system. YopM, a leucine-rich repeat protein, is …

The plague virulence protein YopM of Yersinia pestis KIM5 belongs to the large family of
leucine-rich repeat (LRR) proteins. The only activity demonstrated so far for YopM is …

ABSTRACT The YopM protein of Yersinia sp. is a type III secreted effector that is required for
virulence in murine models of infection. YopM has previously been shown to contain leucine …

Pathogenic Yersinia cause a systemic infection in mice that is dependent on the presence of
a large plasmid encoding a number of secreted virulence proteins called Yops. We …

A type III secretion system (TTSS) is encoded on a virulence plasmid that is common to three
pathogenic Yersinia species: Y. enterocolitica, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. pestis …

Since its recent emergence from the enteropathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Y. pestis,
the plague agent, has acquired an intradermal (id) route of entry and an extreme virulence …

The pathogenic Yersinia spp. harbor a common plasmid (pYV) essential for virulence. The
plasmid encodes a type III secretion system that functions to translocate Yersinia outer …

In all Yersinia pestis strains examined, the adhesin/invasin yadA gene is a pseudogene, yet
Y. pestis is invasive for epithelial cells. To identify potential surface proteins that are …