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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 291, Issue 8, Pages 605-614Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4221-00173
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virulence; motility; flagella; pathogenic bacteria; type III secretion systems; animal models
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Many bacteria that cause diseases of humans, animals and plants use flagella to move. This review summarises recent studies that have analysed the role of motility and chemotaxis in the host-parasite relationship of pathogenic bacteria. These studies have shown that for many pathogens, motility is essential in some phases of their life cycle and that virulence and motility are often intimately linked by complex regulatory networks. Possibilities to exploit bacterial motility as a specific therapeutic antibacterial target to cure or prevent disease are discussed.
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