Various gram-negative animal and plant pathogens use a novel, sec-independent protein
secretion system as a basic virulence mechanism. It is becoming increasingly clear that …

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) remains an important cause of diarrheal disease
worldwide. Research into EPEC is intense and provides a good virulence model of other E …

Type IV bundle-forming pili of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli are required for the
localized adherence and autoaggregation phenotypes. Whether these pili are also required …

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) utilizes a type III protein secretion system to
target effector molecules into the host cell leading to effacement of the intestinal mucosa …

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is the prototype organism of a group of
pathogenic Gram‐negative bacteria that cause attaching and effacing (AE) intestinal lesions …

Curli are adhesive fimbriae of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. Expression of curli
(csgA) and cellulose (bcsA) is co‐activated by the transcriptional activator CsgD. In this …

Many Gram‐negative pathogens use a type III secretion apparatus to deliver effector
molecules into host cells to subvert cellular processes in favour of the pathogen …

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) cause
significant morbidity and mortality worldwide (18, 60, 63). Though these E. coli pathotypes …

Secretion of effector proteins in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is mediated by a
specialized type III secretion system whose components are encoded in the LEE1, LEE2 …

The pathogenicity of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is associated with the
expression and secretion of specific bacterial factors. EspB is one such secreted protein …