3D structure of EspA filaments from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
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Polymorphisms within EspA filaments of enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) possess a filamentous type III secretion system (TTSS) employed to deliver effector proteins into host cells. EspA is a type III secreted protein which forms the filamentous extension to the TTSS and which interacts with host cells during early stages of attaching and effacing (A/E) lesion formation. By immunofluoresc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Microbiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0950-382X,1365-2958
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03555.x