Pet, an Autotransporter Enterotoxin from Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli
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Pet, an autotransporter enterotoxin from enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an emerging cause of diarrheal illness. Clinical data suggest that diarrhea caused by EAEC is predominantly secretory in nature, but the responsible enterotoxin has not been described. Work from our laboratories has implicated a ca. 108-kDa protein as a heat-labile enterotoxin and cytotoxin, as evidenced by rises in short-circuit current and falls in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.7.3155-3163.1998