Abstract
Rabbit-specific enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (REPEC) is an attaching and effacing pathogen of young rabbits. Using signature-tagged mutagenesis, we identified several known colonization factors of REPEC as well as a gene predicted to encode a novel autotransporter protein. This novel gene was termed rpeA for REPEC plasmid-encoded autotransporter.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics*
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Adhesins, Bacterial / physiology
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Adhesins, Escherichia coli / genetics*
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Adhesins, Escherichia coli / physiology
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Animals
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Escherichia coli / enzymology
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Escherichia coli / genetics*
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Escherichia coli / growth & development
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Escherichia coli / pathogenicity
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Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
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Escherichia coli Proteins / physiology
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Fimbriae Proteins / genetics*
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HeLa Cells
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Humans
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Intestinal Mucosa / enzymology
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Intestinal Mucosa / microbiology*
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Rabbits
Substances
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Adhesins, Bacterial
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Adhesins, Escherichia coli
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Escherichia coli Proteins
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RpeA protein, E coli
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colonization factor antigens
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Fimbriae Proteins