Article
H-NST induces LEE expression and the formation of attaching and effacing lesions in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Levine Jonathan A, Hansen Anne-Marie, Michalski Jane M, Hazen Tracy H, Rasko David A, Kaper James B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli are important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. These enteric pathogens contain a type III secretion system (T3SS) responsible for the attaching and effacing (A/E) lesion phenotype. The T3SS is encoded by the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island. The H-NS-mediated repression of LEE expression is counteracted...
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