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Species-specific cell adhesion of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is mediated by type IV bundle-forming pili.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Jan 2002
Tobe Toru, Sasakawa Chihiro
Abstract excerpt
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a causative agent of diarrhoea in humans. Localized adherence of EPEC onto intestinal mucosa was reproduced in an in vitro adherence assay with cultured human epithelial cells. We found that the efficiency of EPEC adherence to a mouse-derived colonic epithelial cell line, CMT-93, was remarkably lower than its adherence to human-derived intestinal cell lines, such as...
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