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Distinct Roles of the Antiapoptotic Effectors NleB and NleF from Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 2017
Pollock Georgina L, Oates Clare V L, Giogha Cristina, Wong Fok Lung Tania, Ong Sze Ying, Pearson Jaclyn S, Hartland Elizabeth L
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During infection, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) translocates effector proteins directly into the cytosol of infected enterocytes using a type III secretion system (T3SS). Once inside the host cell, these effector proteins subvert various immune signaling pathways, including death receptor-induced apoptosis. One such effector protein is the non-locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE)-encoded effector...
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