A cloned pathogenicity island from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli confers the attaching and effacing phenotype on E. coli K-12.

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.2311591.x

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A cloned pathogenicity island from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli confers the attaching and effacing phenotype on E. coli K-12.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Jan 1997

McDaniel T K, Kaper J B

Abstract excerpt

Attaching and effacing (AE) bacteria are a diverse group of gastrointestinal pathogens, comprising members of four genera, that cause the intestinal epithelial microvilli to be replaced with raised clusters of filamentous actin that conform to the surface of attached bacteria. We have cloned a 35...

Topics

Bacterial Adhesion
Cloning, Molecular
Escherichia coli
Microscopy, Electron
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Phenotype
Transformation, Bacterial
Virulence

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