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Journal of Bacteriology, March 2008, p. 2249-2251, Vol. 190, No. 6
0021-9193/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01824-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Chaperone IpgC Copurifies with the Virulence Regulator MxiE{triangledown}

M. Carolina Pilonieta and George P. Munson*

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Received 19 November 2007/ Accepted 31 December 2007

The expression of a subset of Shigella flexneri virulence genes is dependent upon a cytoplasmic chaperone, IpgC, and an activator from the AraC/XylS family, MxiE. In this paper, we report that the chaperone forms a specific and stable heteromer with MxiE.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016960 (R-138), Miami, FL 33101. Phone: (305) 243-5317. Fax: (305) 243-4623. E-mail: gmunson{at}miami.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 11 January 2008.

Journal of Bacteriology, March 2008, p. 2249-2251, Vol. 190, No. 6
0021-9193/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01824-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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