Microarray analysis of the Ler regulon in enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli strains.

The type III protein secretion system is an important pathogenicity factor of enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli pathotypes. The genes encoding this apparatus are located on a pathogenicity island (the locus of enterocyte effacement) and are transcriptionally activated by the m...

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Main Authors: Lewis E H Bingle, Chrystala Constantinidou, Robert K Shaw, Md Shahidul Islam, Mala Patel, Lori A S Snyder, David J Lee, Charles W Penn, Stephen J W Busby, Mark J Pallen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3891560?pdf=render