Proteomic View of Interactions of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli with the Intestinal Environment in Gnotobiotic Piglets.

Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli cause severe intestinal infections involving colonization of epithelial Peyer's patches and formation of attachment/effacement (A/E) lesions. These lesions trigger leukocyte infiltration followed by inflammation and intestinal hemorrhage. Systems bio...

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Main Authors: Rembert Pieper, Quanshun Zhang, David J Clark, Prashanth P Parmar, Hamid Alami, Moo-Jin Suh, Srilatha Kuntumalla, John C Braisted, Shih-Ting Huang, Saul Tzipori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3686733?pdf=render