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Campylobacter jejuni CsrA mediates oxidative stress responses, biofilm formation, and host cell invasion.

Fields JA, Thompson SA

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Georgia, 1459 Laney-Walker Blvd., Augusta, GA 30912, USA.

The putative global posttranscriptional regulator csrA was mutated in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176. The csrA mutant was attenuated in surviving oxidative stress. CsrA also contributed to biofilm formation and adherence to and invasion of INT407 intestinal epithelial cells, suggesting a regulatory role for CsrA in C. jejuni pathogenesis.

Published 16 April 2008 in J Bacteriol, 190(9): 3411-6.
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