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An activator of glutamate decarboxylase genes regulates the expression of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli virulence genes through control of the plasmid-encoded regulator, Per.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Sept 2001
Shin S, Castanie-Cornet M P, Foster J W, Crawford J A, Brinkley C, Kaper J B
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a major cause of infantile diarrhoea in a number of developing countries and is the prototype of pathogenic bacteria that cause attaching and effacing (A/E) intestinal lesions. A chromosomal pathogenicity island, termed the locus of enterocyte effacemen...
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