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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Francisella tularensis
SUBMITTER: Karin Meibom
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2037 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Microbiology (Reading, England) 20090514 Pt 8
Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious pathogen that infects animals and humans to cause the disease tularemia. The primary targets of this bacterium are macrophages, in which it replicates in the cytoplasm after escaping the initial phagosomal compartment. The ability to replicate within macrophages relies on the tightly regulated expression of a series of genes. One of the most commonly used means of coordinating the regulation of multiple genes in bacteria consists of the association o ...[more]