StcE, a metalloprotease secreted by Escherichia coli O157:H7, specifically cleaves C1 esterase inhibitor

Abstract
Escherichia coli O157:H7 causes diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis, and the haemolytic uraemic syndrome. We have identified a protein of previously unknown function encoded on the pO157 virulence plasm...

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