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The N-terminal domain of EspF induces host cell apoptosis after infection with enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zhao Suhui, Zhou Ying, Wang Chunhui, Yang Yu, Wu Xianbo, Wei Yao, Zhu Li, Zhao Wei, Zhang Qiwei, Wan Chengsong
Abstract excerpt
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) employs a type III secretion system (TTSS) to export the translocator and effector proteins required for mucosal colonization. As an important bacterial effector protein in locus of enterocyte effacement four, the EspF protein causes F-actin filament aggregations to form attaching and effacing (A/E) lesions, and induces the destruction of brush-border microvilli and...
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