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Shigella flexneri

Known as: Escherichia/Shigella flexneri, Shigella Biogroup B, Shigella paradysenteriae 
A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is oxidase and citrate negative… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Shigella flexneri DegP Facilitates IcsA Surface Expression and Is Required for Efficient Intercellular Spread
ABSTRACT A degP mutant of Shigella flexneri was identified in a screen for insertion mutants that invaded cultured cells but did… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
dksA Is Required for Intercellular Spread of Shigella flexneri via an RpoS-Independent Mechanism
ABSTRACT Pathogenesis of Shigella flexneri is dependent on the ability of the bacterium to invade and spread within epithelial… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Altering Trends in the Dominance of Shigella flexneri Serotypes and Emergence of Serologically AtypicalS. flexneri Strains in Dhaka, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT Of 469 recently isolated Shigella flexneri strains, 452 agglutinated with Shigella flexneri-specific monoclonal… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A functional role for ezrin during Shigella flexneri entry into epithelial cells.
Shigella flexneri is an enteroinvasive bacterium responsible for bacillary dysentery in humans. Bacterial entry into epithelial… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Intracellular spread of Shigella flexneri associated with the kcpA locus and a 140-kilodalton protein
Escherichia coli K-12 hybrids carrying both the 220-kilobase plasmid and the purE-linked kcpA locus from Shigella flexneri… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
A 101-kilodalton heme-binding protein associated with congo red binding and virulence of Shigella flexneri and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli strains
The ability of Shigella flexneri to bind Congo red or hemin is associated with virulence. A 101-kilodalton (kDa) protein… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Congo red binding phenotype is associated with hemin binding and increased infectivity of Shigella flexneri in the HeLa cell model
Wild-type isolates of Shigella flexneri bind the dye Congo red from solid media, thus producing red (Crb+) colonies. Mutants… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Changing pattern of resistant Shiga bacillus (Shigella dysenteriae type 1) and Shigella flexneri in Bangladesh.
Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Shiga bacillus) has made a dramatic comeback in Bangladesh after 10 years when Shigella flexneri was… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Structural studies of Shigella flexneri O-antigens.
The structures of the O-antigens of all known serotypes and subserotypes of Shigella flexneri have been reinvestigated. The… 
Highly Cited
1946
Highly Cited
1946
STUDIES ON THE FLEXNER GROUP OF DYSENTERY BACILLI
A quantitative study of the serological cross-reactions of the somatic antigens of Types I, III, and I-III Shigella… 
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