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Functional Characterization of EscK (Orf4), a Sorting Platform Component of the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Injectisome.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 2017
Soto Eduardo, Espinosa Norma, Díaz-Guerrero Miguel, Gaytán Meztlli O, Puente José L, González-Pedrajo Bertha
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The type III secretion system (T3SS) is a supramolecular machine used by many bacterial pathogens to translocate effector proteins directly into the eukaryotic host cell cytoplasm. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an important cause of infantile diarrheal disease in underdeveloped countries. EPEC virulence relies on a T3SS encoded within a chromosomal pathogenicity island known as the locus of...
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