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Identification of a novel Citrobacter rodentium type III secreted protein, EspI, and roles of this and other secreted proteins in infection.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 2004
Mundy Rosanna, Petrovska Liljana, Smollett Katherine, Simpson Nandi, Wilson Rebecca K, Yu Jun, Tu Xuanlin, Rosenshine Ilan, Clare Simon, Dougan Gordon, Frankel Gad
Abstract excerpt
Citrobacter rodentium is a member of a group of pathogens that colonize the lumen of the host gastrointestinal tract via attaching and effacing (A/E) lesion formation. C. rodentium, which causes transmissible colonic hyperplasia in mice, is used as an in vivo model system for the clinically significant A/E pathogens enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. These bacteria all contain a...
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