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Two specific amino acid variations in colonization factor CS6 subtypes of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli results in differential binding and pathogenicity.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Apr 2015
Debnath Anusuya, Wajima Takeaki, Sabui Subrata, Hamabata Takashi, Ramamurthy Thandavarayan, Chatterjee Nabendu Sekhar
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CS6 is the predominant colonization factor of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC). We report the existence of multiple CS6 subtypes caused by natural point mutations in cssA and cssB, the structural genes for CS6. The subtype AIBI was mostly associated with ETEC isolated from diarrhoeal cases...
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