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Translocation of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli effector Tir to the plasma membrane via host Golgi apparatus.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Aug 2017
Mao Chan, Gu Jiang, Wang Hai-Guang, Fang Yao, Yang Ping, Tang Bin, Li Na, Wang Ting-Ting, Zou Quan-Ming, Li Qian
Abstract excerpt
The translocated intimin receptor (Tir) is a canonical type III secretion system effector, secreted by the enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (E. coli). This receptor alters the regular cellular processing of host cells, to promote intracellular bacterial replication and evasion of the host immune system. Tir is translocated and integrated into the host cell plasma membrane, a process required for its pathogenic...
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