Browsing by Author "Toro, Cecilia S."

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    • Distinct mutations led to inactivation of type 1 fimbriae expression in Shigella spp 
      Bravo, Verónica; Puhar, Andrea; Sansonetti, Philippe; Parsot, Claude; Toro, Cecilia S. (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      Shigella spp. are responsible for bacillary dysentery in humans. The acquisition or the modification of the virulence plasmid encoding factors promoting entry of bacteria into and dissemination within epithelial cells was ...
    • Infection of Mice by Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Involves Additional Genes That Are Absent in ... 
      Silva, Cecilia A.; Blondel, Carlos J.; Quezada, Carolina P.; Porwollik, Steffen; Andrews Polymenis, Helene L.; Toro, Cecilia S.; Zaldívar San Román, María Mercedes; Contreras, Inés; McClelland, Michael; Santiviago Cid, Carlos (AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY, 2012-02)
      Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis causes a systemic, typhoid-like infection in newly hatched poultry and mice. In the present study, a library of 54,000 transposon mutants of S. Enteritidis phage type 4 (PT4) strain ...
    • Spontaneous Excision of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis-Specific Defective Prophage-Like Element SE14 
      Santiviago Cid, Carlos; Blondel, Carlos; Quezada, Carolina P.; Silva, Cecilia A.; Tobar, Pia M.; Porwollik, Steffen; McClelland, Michael; Andrews Polymenis, Helene L.; Toro, Cecilia S.; Zaldívar San Román, María Mercedes; Contreras, Inés (2010-04)
      Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis has emerged as a major health problem worldwide in the last few decades. DNA loci unique to S. Enteritidis can provide markers for detection of this pathogen and may reveal pathogenic ...