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Identification and mechanism of evolution of new alleles coding for the AIDA-I autotransporter of porcine pathogenic Escherichia coli.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2012
Côté Jean-Philippe, Berthiaume Frédéric, Houle Sébastien, Fairbrother John M, Dozois Charles M, Mourez Michael
Abstract excerpt
Autotransporters are a large family of virulence factors of Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. The autotransporter adhesin involved in diffuse adherence (AIDA-I) is an outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli, which allows binding to epithelial cells as well as the autoaggregation of bacteria. AIDA-I is glycosylated by a specific heptosyltransferase encoded by the aah gene that forms an operon with the aidA...
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