Pathogenicity Island: LEE


• General information

Name : LEE
Host strain : Escherichia coli RW1374
Function : Type III secretion system, translocation of Tir, adherence of EHEC to epithelial cells, Eae
Insertion site : tRNA-pheV


• GenBank accessions: 1 records

1) AJ303141 (112929 bp)

    Definition : Escherichia coli pathogenicity island I.

    Publication :
    - Jores,J., Rumer,L., Kiessling,S., Kaper,J.B. and Wieler,L.H., "A novel locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island inserted at pheV in bovine Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strain O103:H2", FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 204 (1), 75-79 (2001) PUBMED 11682182.

    - Rumer,L., Jores,J., Kirsch,P., Cavignac,Y., Zehmke,K. and Wieler,L.H., "Dissemination of pheU- and pheV-located genomic islands among enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) E. coli and their possible role in the horizontal transfer of the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE)", Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 292 (7-8), 463-475 (2003) PUBMED 12635929.

    - Jores,J., Wagner,S., Rumer,L., Eichberg,J., Laturnus,C., Kirsch,P., Schierack,P., Tschape,H. and Wieler,L.H., "Description of a 111-kb pathogenicity island (PAI) encoding various virulence features in the enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) strain RW1374 (O103:H2) and detection of a similar PAI in other EHEC strains of serotype 0103:H2", Int. J. Med. Microbiol. 294 (7), 417-425 (2005) PUBMED 15715170.

    - Jores,J., "Direct Submission", Submitted (02-JAN-2001) Jores J., Institut fuer Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Berlin, 10115, GERMANY REMARK revised by [3].

    - Jores,J., "Direct Submission", Submitted (09-SEP-2004) Jores J., Institut fuer Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Berlin, 10115, GERMANY.