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Activation of enteropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> (EPEC) <i>LEE2</i> and <i>LEE3</i> operons by Ler
1 Nov 2000
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) produces attaching and effacing lesions (AE) on epithelial cells. The genes involved in the formation of the AE lesions are contained within a pathogenicity island named the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE). The LEE comprises 41 open reading frames organized in five major operons: LEE1, LEE2, LEE3, LEE4 and tir. The first gene of the LEE1 operon encodes a transcription...
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