Characterization of two non-locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded type III-translocated effectors, NleC and NleD, in attaching and effacing pathogensMarches, O., Wiles, S., Dziva, F., La Ragione, R. M., Schuller, S., Best, A., Phillips, A. D., Hartland, E. L., Woodward, M. J., Stevens, M. P. and Frankel, G. (2005) Characterization of two non-locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded type III-translocated effectors, NleC and NleD, in attaching and effacing pathogens. Infection and Immunity, 73 (12). pp. 8411-8417. ISSN 0019-9567 Full text not archived in this repository. It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.12.8411-8417.2005 Abstract/SummaryIntestinal colonization by enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli requires the locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded type III secretion system. We report that NleC and NleD are translocated into host cells via this system. Deletion mutants induced attaching and effacing lesions in vitro, while infection of calves or lambs showed that neither gene was required for colonization.
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