Structure and Function of Enteropathogenic E.coli Verotoxins
Characterisation of the Escherichia coli membrane structure and function during fedbatch cultivation
... this structure, lipid A, which has properties of an ...acid structure might have large conse- quences for the release of this component to the medium which was to some extent confirmed by literature studies ...
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Discovery of a Novel Metalloregular Family: Structure/Function Studies of E. Coli Rcnr
... biological function, are treated strictly as toxic ...in E. coli excess copper has been shown to specifically inactivate dehydratases by displacing Fe from solvent-exposed Fe-S clusters, leading to a ...
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Structure and function of the F(o) complex of the ATP synthase from Escherichia coli
... secondary structure of b sol has been determined by circular dichroism (CD) to be highly α-helical (Dunn, 1992; Rodgers et ...α-helical structure was reported, which is largely compensated by an increase in ...
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli type III effectors alter cytoskeletal function and signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
... Also supporting the view that Map is a multifunctional protein, we provide evidence that targeting of Map to host cell mitochondria and its toxicity can be dissected. A C- terminal GFP-tagged version of Map specifically ...
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The Third Transmembrane Domain of EscR Is Critical for Function of the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type III Secretion System
... syringe-like structure dedicated to the injection of bacterial virulence factors into the host ...in enteropathogenic E. coli, con- tributes to protein ...the function of the entire ...
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Sequence Function Relationships in E coli Transcriptional Regulation
... in Figure 2.7) all have identical promoter sequences, which is the consensus promoter sequence as shown in Figure 2.9. Although these three strains have identical sequences, two strains repressed more than predicted and ...
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CiteSeerX — EscA Is a Crucial Component of the Type III Secretion System of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
... of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) T3SS are encoded within the locus of enterocyte effacement ...enterohemorrhagic E. coli and Citrobacter ...coiled-coil structure of Orf15 is ...
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The rise and rise of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
... of E. coli may carry LEE. This is enterohaemorrhagic E. coli or EHEC, which was first reported from the USA in 1982 and has subsequently been identified in a large number of countries ...
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Characteristics of Escherichia coli strains belonging to enteropathogenic E coli serogroups isolated in Italy from children with diarrhea
... of E. coli O128 was mediated by a large plasmid that was thought to have functions similar to those of the EAF ...adhesive function which enables cell-to- cell contact is sufficient for eae ...not ...
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli prevalence in laboratory rabbits
... enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strains from humans and other animals, indicating that infection is not host species-dependent (Garcia et ...rabbits function as reservoirs that potentiate ...
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Translocated EspF protein from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli disrupts host intestinal barrier function
... However, the lack of an effect of deleting the espF gene on EPEC adhesion, attaching and effacing activity, and invasion cast doubt on the importance of EspF in pathogenesis (9). In this manuscript we describe a phe- ...
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Pathogenesis and evolution of virulence in enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
... In summary, the interactions between EPEC and the host are complex (Figure 2c). A plasmid-encoded type IV BFP is essential for full virulence, but exactly how it facilitates infection is not clear. The LEE pathogenici- ...
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Prevalence, Genotypic and Phenotypic Characteristics, and Pathogenic Effects of Enteropathogenic E. coli in Naturally and Experimentally Infected Kittens.
... that E. hirae leads to an enhanced barrier function, which is likely due to increased expression of tight junction protein, zonula occludens-1, as demonstrated in a previous study (Arokiyaraj et ...of ...
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Mechanism underlying inhibition of intestinal apical Cl–/OH– exchange following infection with enteropathogenic E coli
... Further, previous studies reported conflicting findings with regard to the stilbene sensitivity of the SLC26 family of anion exchangers, especially for DRA. For example, DRA-mediated sul- fate transport in Xenopus ...
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Distribution of tccP in Clinical Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates
... The function of TccP in these strains and its contribution to commensalism, colonization, and infection of either animal or human intestine are intrigu- ing subjects for further ...
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Interactions of enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli with intestinal mucosae in vitro
... 1.5.3.7 EPEC EspH. EspH is translocated by the TTSS into host cells where it acts as an effector protein. Once EspH is in the host cell it is located beneath adhering bacteria. COS cells overexpressing EspH produce ...
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Dynamics of the Type III Secretion System Activity of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
... IMPORTANCE EPEC and the closely related enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) represent a global public health problem. New strategies to combat EPEC and EHEC infections are needed, and development of such ...
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Detection of toxB, a Plasmid Virulence Gene of Escherichia coli O157, in Enterohemorrhagic and Enteropathogenic E coli
... Alimentare e Animale, Istituto Superiore di Sanita `, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy Received 30 November 2004/Returned for modification 11 April 2005/Accepted 29 April 2005 The virulence plasmid of ...
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Development of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli, Enterohemorrhagic E. coli, and Enteropathogenic E. coli Strains
... toxin-producing E. coli/EHEC and EPEC strains encode a number of virulence factors in a chromosomally located pathogenicity island termed the locus for enterocyte effacement (LEE; McDaniel et ...
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: foe or innocent bystander?
... Escherichia coli by older children and adults in Accra, ...Anderssen E, Bevanger L, et ...atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli by DNA microarray analysis and ...
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