High prevalence of mucosa-associated E. coli producing cyclomodulin and genotoxin in colon cancer.

Some Escherichia coli strains produce toxins designated cyclomodulins (CMs) which interfere with the eukaryotic cell cycle of host cells, suggesting a possible link between these bacteria and cancers. There are relatively few data available concerning the colonization of colon tumors by cyclomodulin...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Buc, Damien Dubois, Pierre Sauvanet, Jennifer Raisch, Julien Delmas, Arlette Darfeuille-Michaud, Denis Pezet, Richard Bonnet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572998?pdf=render