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Differential stability and trade-off effects of pathoadaptive mutations in the Escherichia coli FimH adhesin.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jul 2007
Weissman Scott J, Beskhlebnaya Viktoriya, Chesnokova Veronika, Chattopadhyay Sujay, Stamm Walter E, Hooton Thomas M, Sokurenko Evgeni V
Abstract excerpt
FimH is the tip adhesin of mannose-specific type 1 fimbriae of Escherichia coli, which are critical to the pathogenesis of urinary tract infections. Point FimH mutations increasing monomannose (1M)-specific uroepithelial adhesion are commonly found in uropathogenic strains of E. coli. Here, we demonstrate the emergence of a mixed population of clonally identical E. coli strains in the urine of a patient with...
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