Pathogenic microorganisms have evolved numerous mechanisms that enable their exploitation of host cell function. This Progress article explores recent evidence suggesting how one group of diverse bacterial pathogens use a common strategy to manipulate the expression of the Kruppel-like factor (KLF) family of mammalian transcriptional regulators.
- Eoin O'Grady
- Heidi Mulcahy
- Fergal O'Gara