Increased type 1 fimbrial expression among commensal Escherichia coli isolates in the murine cecum following catabolic stress.

doi:10.1128/IAI.67.2.745-753.1999

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Increased type 1 fimbrial expression among commensal Escherichia coli isolates in the murine cecum following catabolic stress.

Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1999

Hendrickson B A, Guo J, Laughlin R, Chen Y, Alverdy J C

Abstract excerpt

Although indigenous bacteria intimately colonize the intestinal mucosa, under normal conditions the intestinal epithelial cell is free of adherent bacteria. Nonetheless, commensal bacteria such as Escherichia coli adhere to and translocate across the intestinal epithelium in association with a nu...

Topics

Adhesins, Escherichia coli
Animals
Bacterial Adhesion
Cecum
Cell Line
Epithelium
Escherichia coli
Fimbriae Proteins
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Genotype
Hepatectomy
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C

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