The NAG Sensor NagC Regulates LEE Gene Expression and Contributes to Gut Colonization by Escherichia coli O157:H7

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 are human pathogens responsible for bloody diarrhea and renal failures. EHEC employ a type 3 secretion system to attach directly to the human colonic epithelium. This structure is encoded by the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) whose expression i...

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Main Authors: Josée Harel, Grégory Jubelin, Guillaume Le Bihan, Jean-Félix Sicard, Philippe Garneau, Annick Bernalier-Donadille, Alain P. Gobert, Annie Garrivier, Christine Martin, Anthony G. Hay, Francis Beaudry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
LEE
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00134/full