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The bacterial virulence factor lymphostatin compromises intestinal epithelial barrier function by modulating rho GTPases.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Apr 2009
Babbin Brian A, Sasaki Maiko, Gerner-Schmidt Kirsten W, Nusrat Asma, Klapproth Jan-Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Lymphocyte inhibitory factor A (lifA) in Citrobacter rodentium encodes the large toxin lymphostatin, which contains two enzymatic motifs associated with bacterial pathogenesis, a glucosyltransferase and a protease. Our aim was to determine the effects of each lymphostatin motif on intestinal epithelial-barrier function. In-frame mutations of C. rodentium lifA glucosyltransferase (CrGlM21) and protease (CrPrM5)...
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