Highly conserved type 1 pili promote enterotoxigenic E. coli pathogen-host interactions

Alaullah Sheikh; Rasheduzzaman Rashu; Yasmin Ara Begum; F. Matthew Kuhlman; Matthew A. Ciorba; Scott J. Hultgren; Firdausi Qadri; James M. Fleckenstein

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005586

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Highly conserved type 1 pili promote enterotoxigenic E. coli pathogen-host interactions

Alaullah Sheikh,

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2972-6978

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Rasheduzzaman Rashu,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddrb), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Yasmin Ara Begum,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddrb), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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F. Matthew Kuhlman,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-0589

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Matthew A. Ciorba,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Scott J. Hultgren,

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research (CWIDR), Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Firdausi Qadri,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddrb), Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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James M. Fleckenstein

* E-mail: jfleckenstein@wustl.edu

Affiliations Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis Program, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Medicine Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1148-697X

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Highly conserved type 1 pili promote enterotoxigenic E. coli pathogen-host interactions

Alaullah Sheikh,
Rasheduzzaman Rashu,
Yasmin Ara Begum,
F. Matthew Kuhlman,
Matthew A. Ciorba,
Scott J. Hultgren,
Firdausi Qadri,
James M. Fleckenstein

Published: May 22, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005586

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