title: Contribution of a novel gene, rpeA, encoding a putative autotransporter adhesin to intestinal colonization by rabbit-specific enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
abstract: Rabbit-specific enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (REPEC) is an attaching and effacing pathogen of young rabbits. Using signature-tagged mutagenesis, we identified several known colonization factors of REPEC as well as a gene predicted to encode a novel autotransporter protein. This novel gene was termed rpeA for REPEC plasmid-encoded autotransporter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Denisse L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Leyton
authors.forename: Louise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tauschek
authors.forename: Roy M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Robins-Browne
authors.forename: Elizabeth L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Hartland
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C523345:RpeA protein, E coli; C022924:colonization factor antigens; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins