Identification and characterization of NleA, a non-LEE-encoded type III translocated virulence factor of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1233-1249

  Gruenheid, Samantha ^a   Sekirov, Inna ^a   Thomas, Nikhil A ^a   Deng, Wanyin ^a   O'Donnell, Paul ^b   Goode, David ^a   Li, Yuling ^a   Frey, Elizabeth A ^a   Brown, Nathaniel F ^a   Metalnikov, Pavel ^b   Pawson, Tony ^b   Ashman, Keith ^b,c   Finlay, B Brett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MDS SCIEX   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI SECRETED PROTEIN A; NON LEE ENCODED EFFECTOR A; PROTEIN ESPB; PROTEIN TIR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL SECRETION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HELA CELL; HOST CELL; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOMICS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CITROBACTER; COLON; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC ISLANDS; GOLGI APPARATUS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 12144290330     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03911.x     Document Type: Article

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