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Efa1 influences colonization of the bovine intestine by shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli serotypes O5 and O111.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 2002
Stevens Mark P, van Diemen Pauline M, Frankel Gad, Phillips Alan D, Wallis Timothy S
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) comprises a broad group of bacteria, some of which cause attaching and effacing (AE) lesions and enteritis in animals and humans. Non-O157 STEC serotypes contain a gene (efa1) that mediates attachment to cultured epithelial cells. An almost-identical gene in enteropathogenic E. coli (lifA) encodes lymphostatin, which inhibits the proliferation of mitogen-activated...
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