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Interactions of neuropathogenic Escherichia coli K1 (RS218) and its derivatives lacking genomic islands with phagocytic Acanthamoeba castellanii and nonphagocytic brain endothelial cells.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2014
Yousuf Farzana Abubakar, Yousuf Zuhair, Iqbal Junaid, Siddiqui Ruqaiyyah, Khan Hafsa, Khan Naveed Ahmed
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Here we determined the role of various genomic islands in E. coli K1 interactions with phagocytic A. castellanii and nonphagocytic brain microvascular endothelial cells. The findings revealed that the genomic islands deletion mutants of RS218 related to toxins (peptide toxin, α -hemolysin), adhes...
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