Article
SOS regulation of the type III secretion system of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2007
Mellies Jay L, Haack Kenneth R, Galligan Derek C
Abstract excerpt
Genomes of bacterial pathogens contain and coordinately regulate virulence-associated genes in order to cause disease. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), a major cause of watery diarrhea in infants and a model gram-negative pathogen, expresses a type III secretion system (TTSS) that is encoded by the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) and is necessary for causing attaching and effacing intestinal...
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