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Autoinducer 3 and epinephrine signaling in the kinetics of locus of enterocyte effacement gene expression in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2006
Walters Matthew, Sperandio Vanessa
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is responsible for causing outbreaks of bloody diarrhea and hemolytic-uremic syndrome throughout the world. The locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) consists of five major operons and is required for the formation of attaching and effacing lesions that disrupt intestinal epithelial microvilli. We have previously reported that expression of EHEC LEE genes is...
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