Mother-to-infant transmission of the carcinogenic colibactin-producing bacteria

Mother-to-infant transmission of the carcinogenic colibactin-producing bacteria

Abstract Background The Escherichia coli strain that is known to produce the genotoxic secondary metabolite colibactin is linked to colorectal oncogenesis. Therefore, understanding the properties of such colibactin-positive E. coli and the molecular mechanism of oncogenesis by colibactin may provide...

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Main Authors: Yuta Tsunematsu, Koji Hosomi, Jun Kunisawa, Michio Sato, Noriko Shibuya, Emiko Saito, Haruka Murakami, Yuko Yoshikawa, Yuji Iwashita, Noriyuki Miyoshi, Michihiro Mutoh, Hideki Ishikawa, Haruhiko Sugimura, Motohiko Miyachi, Keiji Wakabayashi, Kenji Watanabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Colibactin
Natural product
Escherichia coli
Perinatal transmission
Colorectal cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02292-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02292-1

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