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SUBMITTER: Clements MO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC124376 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clements Mark O MO Eriksson Sofia S Thompson Arthur A Lucchini Sacha S Hinton Jay C D JC Normark Staffan S Rhen Mikael M
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20020618 13
For many pathogens, the ability to regulate their replication in host cells is a key element in establishing persistency. Here, we identified a single point mutation in the gene for polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) as a factor affecting bacterial invasion and intracellular replication, and which determines the alternation between acute or persistent infection in a mouse model for Salmonella enterica infection. In parallel, with microarray analysis, PNPase was found to affect the mRNA levels ...[more]