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The Type 4 Pili of Enterohemorrhagic<i>Escherichia coli</i>O157:H7 Are Multipurpose Structures with Pathogenic Attributes
25 Oct 2008
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 produces long bundles of polar type 4 pili (T4P) called HCP (for hemorrhagic coli pili) that form physical bridges between bacteria associating with human and animal epithelial cells. Here, we sought to further investigate whether HCP possessed other pathogenicity attributes associated with T4P production. Comparative studies performed with wild-type EHEC EDL933...
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