StcE, a metalloprotease secreted by Escherichia coli O157:H7, specifically cleaves C1 esterase inhibitor
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- 18 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 45 (2) , 277-288
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02997.x
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...Keywords
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