The Vibrio cholerae cytolysin promotes chloride secretion from intact human intestinal mucosa.

The Vibrio cholerae cytolysin promotes chloride secretion from intact human intestinal mucosa.

BACKGROUND: The pathogenicity of the Vibrio cholerae strains belonging to serogroup O1 and O139 is due to the production of virulence factors such as cholera toxin (CT) and the toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP). The remaining serogroups, which mostly lack CT and TCP, are more frequently isolated from aq...

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Main Authors: Lucantonio Debellis, Anna Diana, Diletta Arcidiacono, Romina Fiorotto, Piero Portincasa, Donato Francesco Altomare, Carlo Spirlì, Marina de Bernard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2659442?pdf=render

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