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Neuropathogenic Escherichia coli K1 does not exhibit proteolytic activities to exert its pathogenicity

BACKGROUND: Proteases are well-known virulence factors that promote survival, pathogenesis and immune evasion of many pathogens. Several lines of evidence suggest that the blood–brain barrier permeability is a prerequisite in microbial invasion of the central nervous system. Because proteases are fr...

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Autores principales: Iqbal, Junaid, Rajani, Mehak, Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah, Khan, Naveed Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3654900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23634997
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-5751-12-8