Mutagenesis of conserved tryptophan residues within the receptor-binding domain of intimin: influence on binding activity and virulence.

Intimate bacterial adhesion to intestinal epithelium is a pathogenic mechanism shared by several human and animal enteric pathogens, including enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Citrobacter rodentium. The proteins directly involved in this process are the outer-membrane adh...

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Principais autores: Reece, S, Simmons, C, Fitzhenry, R, Batchelor, M, Hale, C, Matthews, S, Phillips, A, Dougan, G, Frankel, G
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado em: 2002

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