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SUBMITTER: Achouri S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4275903 | biostudies-other | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Achouri Sarra S Wright John A JA Evans Lewis L Macleod Charlotte C Fraser Gillian G Cicuta Pietro P Bryant Clare E CE
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20150201 1661
Salmonella enterica causes a range of important diseases in humans and a in a variety of animal species. The ability of bacteria to adhere to, invade and survive within host cells plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Salmonella infections. In systemic salmonellosis, macrophages constitute a niche for the proliferation of bacteria within the host organism. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is flagellated and the frequency with which this bacterium collides with a cell is important ...[more]