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Infection and Immunity, November 1998, p. 5501-5507, Vol. 66, No. 11
Division of Infectious Diseases,
Received 17 February 1998/Returned for modification 18 March
1998/Accepted 21 August 1998
The EspB protein of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
(EPEC) is exported via a type III secretion apparatus. EspB is critical for signaling the host cell and for the development of the attaching and effacing lesion characteristic of EPEC infection. We used cellular fractionation and confocal laser scanning microscopy to
determine the cellular location of EspB during infection of HeLa cells.
Both methods indicated that EspB is targeted to the cytoplasm of
infected cells. Using mutants, we found that EspB targeting to the host
cell cytoplasm requires the type III secretion apparatus and
the secreted proteins EspA and EspD, but not intimin. These results
provide insights into the function of the type III secretion apparatus
of EPEC and the functions of the Esp proteins.
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The EspB Protein of Enteropathogenic
Escherichia coli Is Targeted to the Cytoplasm of Infected
HeLa Cells
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Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland
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