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Distribution of tccP in clinical enterohemorrhagic and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 2005
Garmendia Junkal, Ren Zhihong, Tennant Sharon, Midolli Viera Monica Aparecida, Chong Yuwen, Whale Andrew, Azzopardi Kristy, Dahan Sivan, Sircili Marcelo Palma, Franzolin Marcia Regina, Trabulsi Luiz R, Phillips Alan, Gomes Tânia A T, Xu Jianguo, Robins-Browne Roy, Frankel Gad
Abstract excerpt
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) are diarrheagenic pathogens that colonize the gut through the formation of attaching and effacing lesions, which depend on the translocation of effector proteins via a locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded type III secretion system. Recently, two effector proteins, EspJ and TccP, which are encoded by adjacent genes on prophage CP-933U...
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