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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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CDISC SDTM Microorganism TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyDisease caused by Shigella flexneriShigella Infections

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Bromoperoxidase activity of vanadate-substituted acid phosphatases from Shigella flexneri and Salmonella enterica ser. typhimurium.
Vanadium haloperoxidases and the bacterial class A nonspecific acid phosphatases have a conserved active site. It is shown that… 
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
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The immunochemistry of Shigella flexneri O-antigens. The biochemical basis of smooth to rough mutation.
1. Smooth to rough mutation has the same biochemical basis in Shigella as in Salmonella. It is the result of enzyme defects… 
1966
1966
Fluorescent-Antibody and Histological Study of Vaccinated and Control Monkeys Challenged with Shigella flexneri
Formal, Samuel B., (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C.), T. H. Kent, S. Austin, and E. H. LaBrec… 
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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