CHITINASE A, A TIGHTLY REGULATED VIRULENCE FACTOR OF SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM, IS ACTIVELY SECRETED BY A TYPE 10 SECRETION SYSTEM.

Chitinase A, a tightly regulated virulence factor of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, is actively secreted by a Type 10 Secretion System.

As a facultative intracellular pathogen, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is one of the leading causes of food-borne diseases in humans.With the ingestion of fecal contaminated food or water, S.Typhimurium reaches the intestine.Here, the pathogen efficiently invades intestinal epithelial cells of the mucosal epithelium by the use of multiple

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