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Abstract

Upon contact with the eukaryotic cell, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis increased the rate of transcription of virulence genes ( yop ), as determined by in situ monitoring of light emission from individual bacteria expressing luciferase under the control of the yopE promoter. The microbe-host interaction triggered export of LcrQ, a negative regulator of Yop expression, via the Yop-type III secretion system. The intracellular concentration of LcrQ was thereby lowered, resulting in increased expression of Yops. These results suggest a key role for the type III secretion system of pathogenic bacteria to coordinate secretion with expression of virulence factors after physical contact with the target cell.

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Pettersson, J., Nordfelth, R., Dubinina, E., Bergman, T., Gustafsson, M., Magnusson, K. E., & Wolf-Watz, H. (1996). Modulation of Virulence Factor Expression by Pathogen Target Cell Contact. Science, 273(5279), 1231–1233.

Authors 7
  1. Jonas Pettersson (first)
  2. Roland Nordfelth (additional)
  3. Elena Dubinina (additional)
  4. Tomas Bergman (additional)
  5. Mikael Gustafsson (additional)
  6. Karl Eric Magnusson (additional)
  7. Hans Wolf-Watz (additional)
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@article{Pettersson_1996, title={Modulation of Virulence Factor Expression by Pathogen Target Cell Contact}, volume={273}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.273.5279.1231}, DOI={10.1126/science.273.5279.1231}, number={5279}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Pettersson, Jonas and Nordfelth, Roland and Dubinina, Elena and Bergman, Tomas and Gustafsson, Mikael and Magnusson, Karl Eric and Wolf-Watz, Hans}, year={1996}, month=aug, pages={1231–1233} }