Characterization of MgtC, a virulence factor of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi
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2009-04-14
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Retamal, Patricio
Castillo-Ruiz, Mario
Mora, Guido C.
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en
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Public Library of Science
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The MgtC is a virulence factor in Salmonella Typhimurium that is required for growth at low-Mg2+ concentrations and intramacrophage survival. This gene is codified in a conserved region of the Salmonella pathogenicity island 3 (SPI-3), and is also present in the chromosome of other Salmonella serovars. In this study we characterized the MgtC factor in S. Typhi, a human specific pathogen, by using mgtC and SPI-3 mutant strains. We found that MgtC is the most important factor codified in the SPI-3 of S. Typhi for growth in low-Mg2+ media and survival within human cells. In addition, by using reporter genes we determined that the low-Mg2+ concentration, acidic media and PhoP regulator induce mgtC expression in S. Typhi. We suggest that MgtC is the most important virulence factor codified in the SPI-3 of S. Typhi. © 2009 Retamal et al.
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Bacterial Proteins, Cation Transport Proteins, Conserved Sequence, Genes, Bacterial, Genes, Reporter, Magnesium, Phenotype, Salmonella typhi, Virulence Factors
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PLoS ONE, Volume 4, Issue 5, 14 May 2009, Article number e5551
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10.1371/journal.pone.0005551