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Multiple determinants of verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 attachment-effacement.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 1993
Dytoc M, Soni R, Cockerill F, De Azavedo J, Louie M, Brunton J, Sherman P
Abstract excerpt
Verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains of the serotype O157:H7 belong to a class of gastrointestinal pathogens that adhere to epithelial cells in a characteristic pattern known as attaching and effacing. Recent insight into the nature of E. coli O157:H7 adhesion was provided by the cloning and sequencing of the chromosomal eaeA (for E. coli attaching and effacing) gene homolog (G. Beebakhee, M. Louie, J. De...
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