Escherichia coli is a versatile bacterial species that includes both harmless commensal
strains and pathogenic strains found in the gastrointestinal tract in humans and warm …

Most Escherichia coli strains live harmlessly in the intestines and rarely cause disease in
healthy individuals. Nonetheless, a number of pathogenic strains can cause diarrhea or …

Enteric bacterial pathogens pose significant threats to human health; however, the
mechanisms by which they infect the mammalian gut in the face of daunting host defenses …

Diarrheal disease is still a major public health concern, as it is still considered an important
cause of death in children under five years of age. A few decades ago, the detection of …

La enfermedad diarreica aguda (EDA) es un problema de salud pública mundial,
especialmente en los países en vía de desarrollo y es una de las causas de mortalidad en …

Autotransporters are the core component of a molecular nano-machine that delivers cargo
proteins across the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Part of the type V secretion …

Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) is a human pathogen that causes acute and chronic
pediatric diarrhea. The hallmark of EPEC infection is the formation of attaching and effacing …

Infection with enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EPEC and
EHEC), enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) and Shigella relies on the elaboration of a type III …

Serine protease autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae (SPATE) constitute a superfamily of
virulence factors, resembling the trypsin‐like superfamily of serine proteases. SPATEs …

Nonerythroid spectrin αII (SPTAN1) is an important cytoskeletal protein that ensures vital
cellular properties including polarity and cell stabilization. In addition, it is involved in cell …