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EIEC enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. EIEC Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, see there How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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coli strains from 430 patients were selected, and all were analyzed by a multiplex PCR (3) that detects the following pathogenic genes: heat-stable and heat-labile enterotoxins (st, lt) for ETEC, intimin (eaeA) and bundle-forming pilus (bfp) for EPEC, Shiga toxin 1 and 2 (stx1, stx2) and intimin (eaeA) for STEC, and invasion-associated loci (ia1) for EIEC. ETEC produce secretory toxins (enterotoxins); EPEC adhere intimately to epithelial cells and induce host cell transmembrane signaling; EIEC invade eukaryotic cells; and STEC produce Shiga toxins. 3-kb BamHI) 13 STp enterotoxin pCVD426 (157-bp PstI) STh enterotoxin pCVD427 (216-bp EcoRI) EIEC Invasion pPS55 (2. |
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