The Type VI Secretion System Encoded in SPI-6 Plays a Role in Gastrointestinal Colonization and Systemic Spread of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in the Chicken

• David Pezoa,

  Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Hee-Jeong Yang,

  Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Carlos J. Blondel,

  Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Carlos A. Santiviago,

  Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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• Helene L. Andrews-Polymenis ,

  * E-mail: icontrer@uchile.cl (IC); HAndrews@medicine.tamhsc.edu (HAP)

  Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Inés Contreras

  * E-mail: icontrer@uchile.cl (IC); HAndrews@medicine.tamhsc.edu (HAP)

  Affiliation Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile

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