Enteroaggregative strains of Escherichia coli belonging to serotypes 0126:H27 and 044:H18 express antigenically similar 18 kDa outer membrane-associated proteins

HEp-2 adhesion and the expression of a 94 kDa outer-membrane protein by strains of Escherichia coli belonging to enteropathogenic serogroups.

Sixty strains of Escherichia coli belonging to enteropathogenic serogroups (EPEC) were examined for the ability to adhere to HEp-2 cells, the possession of the genes encoding EPEC adherence factor (EAF) and the ability to express an outer-membrane protein (OMP) of 94 kDa thought to be involved in bacterial adhesion to eukaryotic cells. An absolute correlation was found between HEp-2 adhesion an...

A Chimeric Vaccine Consisting of Highly Immunogenic Regions form Escherichia coli Iron Regulated Outer-Membrane Proteins: An In Silico Approach

Major outer membrane proteins of Escherichia coli strains of human origin.

The major outer membrane protein patterns of 45 Escherichia coli strains of human origin were compared with that of E. coli K12 by sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Preparations of the former strains contained between two and five major bands in the molecular weight range between 30 000 and 42 000. The patterns were very heterogeneous with respect to the numbers and el...

Lysyl-derived aldehydes in outer membrane proteins of Escherichia coli.

The major outer membrane proteins from Escherichia coli K-12 are modified to contain alpha-aminoadipic acid delta-semialdehyde (allysine). The allysine was found to be derived from lysine and it was identified by derivatizing it to chloronorleucine by reduction, alpha-aminoadipic acid by oxidation, and to alpha,epsilon-diaminopimelic acid by reacting it with CN- and NH3. The alpha-aminoadipic a...

Cloning of Bordetella pertussis outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli.

We constructed and screened a gene bank of phase I chromosomal DNA of Bordetella pertussis in Escherichia coli. A single immunopositive clone was recovered, and the hybrid plasmid obtained, designated pFSH200, had a molecular size of 46.6 kilobases. Smaller derivatives were generated by partial digestion of plasmid pFSH200 and were further characterized. One such derivative, plasmid pFSH201, co...