Contribution of a novel gene, rpeA, encoding a putative autotransporter adhesin to intestinal colonization by rabbit-specific enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
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.
Leyton
Denisse L
DL
Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia.
Adams
Louise M
LM
Kelly
Michelle
M
Sloan
Joan
J
Tauschek
Marija
M
Robins-Browne
Roy M
RM
Hartland
Elizabeth L
EL
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
D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C523345:RpeA protein, E coli; C022924:colonization factor antigens; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins