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SUBMITTER: Fiederling F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC176139 | biostudies-other | 1997 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Fiederling F F Boury M M Petit C C Milon A A
Infection and immunity 19970201 2
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli-like E. coli strains belonging to serovar O103:K-:H2 and rhamnose-negative biotypes are highly pathogenic diarrhea-inducing strains for weaned European rabbits. We describe here the cloning and sequencing of the major subunit gene of a new fimbrial adhesin, adhesive factor/rabbit 2 (AF/R2), which confers on these strains the ability to attach to rabbit enterocytes and to HeLa cells in a diffuse manner and which is associated with in vivo virulence. The chromosom ...[more]