Recombinant Escherichia coli BL21 with LngA Variants from ETEC E9034A Promotes Adherence to HT-29 Cells.
Espinosa-Mazariego, K., Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Z., Ochoa, S. A., González-Pedrajo, B., Cevallos, M. A., Rodríguez-Martínez, R., Romo-Castillo, M., Hernández-Castro, R., Cruz-Córdova, A., & Xicohtencatl-Cortes, J. (2023). Recombinant Escherichia coli BL21 with LngA Variants from ETEC E9034A Promotes Adherence to HT-29 Cells. Pathogens, 12(2), 337. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12020337
ABSTRACT
The CS21 pilus produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is involved in adherence to HT-29 intestinal cells. The CS21 pilus assembles proteins encoded by 14 genes clustered into the lng operon.