A GENETIC-LOCUS OF ENTEROCYTE EFFACEMENT CONSERVED AMONG DIVERSE ENTEROBACTERIAL PATHOGENS

被引:1009
作者
MCDANIEL, TK
JARVIS, KG
DONNENBERG, MS
KAPER, JB
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND, SCH MED, DEPT MED, CTR VACCINE DEV, BALTIMORE, MD 21201 USA
[2] UNIV MARYLAND, SCH MED, GRAD PROGRAM MOLEC & CELL BIOL, BALTIMORE, MD 21201 USA
[3] UNIV MARYLAND, SCH MED, DEPT VET AFFAIRS MED CTR, MED SERV, BALTIMORE, MD 21201 USA
[4] UNIV MARYLAND, SCH MED, DEPT MED, DIV INFECT DIS, BALTIMORE, MD 21201 USA
关键词
BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ATTACHING AND EFFACING LESIONS;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.92.5.1664
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 are intestinal pathogens that profoundly damage the microvilli and subapical cytoskeleton of epithelial cells. Here we report finding in EPEC a 35-kbp locus containing several regions implicated in formation of these lesions. DNA probes throughout this locus hybridize to E. coli O157:H7 and other pathogens of three genera that cause similar lesions but do not hybridize to avirulent members of the same species. The EPEC locus and a different virulence locus of uropathogenic E. coli insert into the E. coli chromosome at the identical site and share highly similar sequences near the point of insertion.
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页码:1664 / 1668
页数:5
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