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Role of periplasmic chaperones and BamA (YaeT/Omp85) in folding and secretion of intimin from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2009
Bodelón Gustavo, Marín Elvira, Fernández Luis Angel
Abstract excerpt
Intimin is a bacterial adhesin located on the surface of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and other related bacteria that is believed to self-translocate across the outer membrane (OM), and therefore it has been regarded as a member of the type V secretion system (T5SS), which includes classical autotransporters (ATs). However, intimin has few structural similarities to classical ATs and an opposite topology...
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