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Subtractive hybridization and identification of putative adhesins in a Shiga toxin-producing eae-negative Escherichia coli.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Dec 2008
Vidal Maricel, Prado Valeria, Whitlock Gregory C, Solari Aldo, Torres Alfredo G, Vidal Roberto M
Abstract excerpt
Adherence to epithelial cells by specific adhesins is a characteristic of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains. The eae-encoded protein intimin is the main adhesin implicated in intestinal colonization in vivo. We recently showed that STEC strains isolated in Chile displayed a wide variety of adhesins; here we demonstrate that some of these STEC strains are eae-negative and still adhere to...
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