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Cytopathic effects of outer-membrane preparations of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and co-expression of maltoporin with secretory virulence factor, EspB.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2001
Kumar Sukumaran S, Sankaran Krishnan, Haigh Richard, Williams Peter H, Balakrishnan Arun
Abstract excerpt
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an important aetiological agent of persistent infantile diarrhoea. EPEC pathogenicity is not mediated through known toxins and the role played by outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) in the initial adherence of the bacterium, intimate attachment to epithelial cells and ultimately in the effacement of the intestinal epithelium is being pursued vigorously. In this study of the...
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