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Overexpressed Proteins in Hypervirulent Clade 8 and Clade 6 Strains of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Compared to E. coli O157:H7 EDL933 Clade 3 Strain.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Amigo Natalia, Zhang Qi, Amadio Ariel, Zhang Qunjie, Silva Wanderson M, Cui Baiyuan, Chen Zhongjian, Larzabal Mariano, Bei Jinlong, Cataldi Angel
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is responsible for severe diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and predominantly affects children under 5 years. The major virulence traits are Shiga toxins, necessary to develop HUS and the Type III Secretion System (T3SS) through which bacteria translocate effector proteins directly into the host cell. By SNPs typing, E. coli O157:H7 was separated into nine different clades....
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