Plague is a widespread zoonotic disease that is caused by Yersinia pestis and has had
devastating effects on the human population throughout history. Disappearance of the …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen, mainly affecting severe patients,
such as those in intensive care units (ICUs). High levels of antibiotic resistance and a long …

The toxR gene of Vibrio cholerae encodes a transmembrane, DNA-binding protein that
activates transcription of the cholera toxin operon and a gene (tcpA) for the major subunit of …

The 70-kb virulence plasmid enables Yersinia spp.(Yersinia pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis,
and Y. enterocolitica) to survive and multiply in the lymphoid tissues of their host. It encodes …

The Prokaryotes' new electronic edition offers many advantages over the familiar print
format:-A powerful search engine-Streamlined navigation by either phylogeny or …

One of the earliest steps in the pathogenic cycle of the facultative intracellular pathogen
Salmonella spp. is the invasion of the cells of the intestinal epithelium. We have previously …

Bacterial strains harboring the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis inv locus were analyzed in order
to investigate the mechanism of host cell penetration by an invasive pathogen. The inv locus …

Abstract'Type III secretion'—the mechanism by which some pathogenic bacteria inject
proteins straight into the cytosol of eukaryotic cells to'anaesthetize'or'enslave'them—was …

The experimental system constructed with the medically significant yersiniae provides a
powerful basic model for comparative study of factors required for expression of acute …

Background Bacteriophages specific for Yersinia pestis are routinely used for plague
diagnostics and could be an alternative to antibiotics in case of drug-resistant plague. A …