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The lrp gene and its role in type I fimbriation in Citrobacter rodentium.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 2005
Cordone Angela, Mauriello Emilia M F, Pickard Derek J, Dougan Gordon, De Felice Maurilio, Ricca Ezio
Abstract excerpt
Citrobacter rodentium is a murine pathogen that is now widely used as an in vivo model for gastrointestinal infections due to its similarities with human enteropathogens, such as the possession of a locus for enterocyte effacement (the LEE island). We studied the lrp gene of C. rodentium and found that it encodes a product highly similar to members of the Lrp (leucine-responsive regulatory protein) family of...
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