American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology, 6(190), p. 2249-2251, 2008
DOI: 10.1128/jb.01824-07
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ABSTRACT 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.