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Formation of phenotypic lineages in Salmonella enterica by a pleiotropic fimbrial switch

The std locus of Salmonella enterica, an operon acquired by horizontal transfer, encodes fimbriae that permit adhesion to epithelial cells in the large intestine. Expression of the std operon is bistable, yielding a major subpopulation of Std(OFF) cells (99.7%) and a minor subpopulation of Std(ON) c...

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Autores principales: García-Pastor, Lucía, Sánchez-Romero, María Antonia, Gutiérrez, Gabriel, Puerta-Fernández, Elena, Casadesús, Josep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6173445/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30252837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1007677