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The effector repertoire of enteropathogenic E-coli: ganging up on the host cell

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Paul Dean, Professor Brendan KennyORCiD

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Abstract

Diarrhoeal disease caused by enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) is dependent on a delivery system that injects numerous bacterial 'effector' proteins directly into host cells. The best-described EPEC effectors are encoded together on the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island and display high levels of multifunctionality and cooperativity within the host cell. More recently, effectors encoded outside the LEE (non-LEE effectors) have been discovered and their functions are beginning to be uncovered. The recent completion of the EPEC genome sequence suggests its effector repertoire consists of at least 21 effector proteins. Here, we describe the genomic location of effectors and discuss recent advances made on effector cellular function as well as their role in the infection process.

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Author(s): Dean P, Kenny B

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Current Opinion in Microbiology

Year: 2009

Volume: 12

Issue: 1

Pages: 101-109

Date deposited: 09/06/2010

ISSN (print): 1369-5274

ISSN (electronic): 1879-0364

Publisher: Elsevier Ltd., Current Opinion Journals

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2008.11.006

DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2008.11.006

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