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Synergistic role of curli and cellulose in cell adherence and biofilm formation of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli and identification of Fis as a negative regulator of curli by Saldaña, Zeus, Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Juan, Avelino, Fabiola, Phillips, Alan D, Kaper, James B, Puente, José L, Girón, Jorge A

“…Curli are adhesive fimbriae of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. Expression of curli (csgA) and cellulose (bcsA) is co-activated by the transcriptional…”
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Intracellular niche-specific profiling reveals transcriptional adaptations required for the cytosolic lifestyle of Salmonella enterica by Powers, TuShun R, Haeberle, Amanda L, Predeus, Alexander V, Hammarlöf, Disa L, Cundiff, Jennifer A, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Hokamp, Karsten, Hinton, Jay C D, Knodler, Leigh A

“…Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) is a zoonotic pathogen that causes diarrheal disease in humans and animals. During salmonellosis, S…”
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Commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli use a common pilus adherence factor for epithelial cell colonization by Rendón, María A, Saldaña, Zeus, Erdem, Ayşen L, Monteiro-Neto, Valério, Vázquez, Alejandra, Kaper, James B, Puente, José L, Girón, Jorge A

“…Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 is a food-borne pathogen that causes hemorrhagic colitis and the hemolytic uremic syndrome. Colonization of…”
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The Assembly of Flagella in Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Requires the Presence of a Functional Type III Secretion System by Soria-Bustos, Jorge, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Samadder, Partha, Yañez-Santos, Jorge A, Laguna, Ygnacio Martínez, Cedillo-Ramírez, María L, Girón, Jorge A

“…In enteropathogenic (EPEC), the production of flagella and the type III secretion system (T3SS) is activated in the presence of host cultured epithelial cells…”
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Frequency of respiratory virus-associated infection among children and adolescents from a tertiary-care hospital in Mexico City by Nieto-Rivera, Brenda, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Parra-Ortega, Israel, Flores-Alanis, Alejandro, Carbajal-Franco, Ebzadrel, Cruz-Rangel, Armando, Galaviz-Hernández, Stephania, Romero-Navarro, Benjamín, de la Rosa-Zamboni, Daniela, Salazar-García, Marcela, Contreras, Carmen A., Ortega-Riosvelasco, Fernando, López-Martínez, Irma, Barrera-Badillo, Gisela, Diaz-Garcia, Hector, Romo-Castillo, Mariana, Moreno-Espinosa, Sarbelio, Luna-Pineda, Victor M.

“…Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children. The causative pathogens show geographic and seasonal…”
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Production of the Escherichia coli common pilus by uropathogenic E. coli is associated with adherence to HeLa and HTB-4 cells and invasion of mouse bladder urothelium by Saldaña, Zeus, De la Cruz, Miguel A, Carrillo-Casas, Erika Margarita, Durán, Laura, Zhang, Yushan, Hernández-Castro, Rigoberto, Puente, José L, Daaka, Yehia, Girón, Jorge A

“…Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains cause urinary tract infections and employ type 1 and P pili in colonization of the bladder and kidney,…”
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The EcpD Tip Adhesin of the Escherichia coli Common Pilus Mediates Binding of Enteropathogenic E. coli to Extracellular Matrix Proteins by Mondal, Rajesh, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Soria-Bustos, Jorge, Schultz, Andrew, Yañez-Santos, Jorge A., Laguna, Ygnacio Martínez, Cedillo-Ramírez, María L., Girón, Jorge A.

“…The attachment of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) to intestinal epithelial cells is facilitated by several adhesins; however, the individual host-cell…”
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Coliform bacteria in San Pedro Lake, western Mexico by Ramos‐Ramírez, Lesset del Consuelo, Romero‐Bañuelos, Carlos Alberto, Jiménez‐Ruíz, Edgar Iván, Palomino‐Hermosillo, Yolotzin Apatzingan, Saldaña‐Ahuactzi, Zeus, Martínez‐Laguna, Ygnacio, Handal‐Silva, Anabella, Castañeda‐Roldán, Elsa Iracena

“…Urbanization, livestock activities, and rainfall are factors that contribute to the contamination of inland water. This study aimed to determine the spatial…”
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Structural insights into the biogenesis and biofilm formation by the Escherichia coli common pilus by Garnett, James A, Martínez-Santos, Verónica I, Saldaña, Zeus, Pape, Tillmann, Hawthorne, William, Chan, Jennifer, Simpson, Peter J, Cota, Ernesto, Puente, José L, Girón, Jorge A, Matthews, Steve

“…Bacteria have evolved a variety of mechanisms for developing community-based biofilms. These bacterial aggregates are of clinical importance, as they are a…”
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Distribution of the Escherichia coli Common Pilus among Diverse Strains of Human Enterotoxigenic E. coli by Blackburn, Dana, Husband, Amanda, Saldaña, Zeus, Nada, Rania A, Klena, John, Qadri, Firdausi, Girón, Jorge A

“…The Escherichia coli common pilus (ECP) is produced by commensal and pathogenic E. coli strains. This pilus is unrelated to any of the known colonization…”
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Multi-functional analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae fimbrial types in adherence and biofilm formation by Alcántar-Curiel, María D., Blackburn, Dana, Saldaña, Zeus, Gayosso-Vázquez, Catalina, Iovine, Nicole, De la Cruz, Miguel A., Girón, Jorge A.

“…Klebsiella pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen frequently associated with nosocomially acquired infections. Host cell adherence and biofilm formation of K…”
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Clinical Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Mexican Children and Adolescents by Flores-Alanis, Alejandro, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Parra-Ortega, Israel, López-Ramírez, Pablo, Salazar-García, Marcela, Alemán-García, Yolanda P, Cruz-Rangel, Armando, Moreno-Paredes, Alba, Diaz-Rojas, Adrián, Maldonado-Bernal, Carmen, Quevedo-Moran, Jessica, Luna-Pineda, Victor M

“…Background: We analyzed the demographic, clinical, and diagnostic data of children and adolescents in Mexico, from the first case of coronavirus disease…”
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Transcriptional Regulation of the ecp Operon by EcpR, IHF, and H-NS in Attaching and Effacing Escherichia coli by Martínez-Santos, Verónica I, Medrano-López, Abraham, Saldaña, Zeus, Girón, Jorge A, Puente, José L

“…Enteropathogenic (EPEC) and enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) Escherichia coli are clinically important diarrheagenic pathogens that adhere to the intestinal epithelial…”
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Isolation and Identification of Two Brucella Species from a Volcanic Lake in Mexico by Ramos-Ramírez, Lesset Del Consuelo, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Morales-Lara, Laura, Martínez-Laguna, Ygnacio, Castañeda-Roldán, Elsa Iracena

“…Brucellosis is a zoonosis caused by bacteria of the Brucella genus. Any source of contamination that could be infectious must be monitored to reduce the risk…”
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Surface structures involved in plant stomata and leaf colonization by shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli o157:h7 by Saldaña, Zeus, Sánchez, Ethel, Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Juan, Puente, Jose Luis, Girón, Jorge A

“…Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 uses a myriad of surface adhesive appendages including pili, flagella, and the type 3 secretion system (T3SS)…”
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Recombinant Escherichia coli BL21 with LngA Variants from ETEC E9034A Promotes Adherence to HT-29 Cells by Espinosa-Mazariego, Karina, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Ochoa, Sara A, González-Pedrajo, Bertha, Cevallos, Miguel A, Rodríguez-Martínez, Ricardo, Romo-Castillo, Mariana, Hernández-Castro, Rigoberto, Cruz-Córdova, Ariadnna, Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Juan

“…The CS21 pilus produced by enterotoxigenic (ETEC) is involved in adherence to HT-29 intestinal cells. The CS21 pilus assembles proteins encoded by 14 genes…”
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The Transcription of Flagella of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O127:H6 Is Activated in Response to Environmental and Nutritional Signals by Avelino-Flores, Fabiola, Soria-Bustos, Jorge, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Martínez-Laguna, Ygnacio, Yañez-Santos, Jorge A, Cedillo-Ramírez, María L, Girón, Jorge A

“…The flagella of enteropathogenic (EPEC) O127:H6 E2348/69 mediate adherence to host proteins and epithelial cells. What environmental and nutritional signals…”
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Characterization of SP41, a surface protein of Brucella associated with adherence and invasion of host epithelial cells by Castañeda‐Roldán, Elsa I., Ouahrani‐Bettache, Safia, Saldaña, Zeus, Avelino, Fabiola, Rendón, María A., Dornand, Jacques, Girón, Jorge A.

“…Summary Brucella is an invasive organism that multiplies and survives within eukaryotic cells. The brucellae are able to adhere to the surface of cultured…”
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Bacterial Macroscopic Rope-like Fibers with Cytopathic and Adhesive Properties by Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Juan, Saldaña, Zeus, Deng, Wanyin, Castañeda, Elsa, Freer, Enrique, Tarr, Phil I., Finlay, B. Brett, Puente, José Luis, Girón, Jorge A.

“…We present a body of ultrastructural, biochemical, and genetic evidence that demonstrates the oligomerization of virulence-associated autotransporter proteins…”
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Tracking Bioluminescent ETEC during In vivo BALB/c Mouse Colonization by Rodea, Gerardo E, Montiel-Infante, Francisco X, Cruz-Córdova, Ariadnna, Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Zeus, Ochoa, Sara A, Espinosa-Mazariego, Karina, Hernández-Castro, Rigoberto, Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Juan

“…Enterotoxigenic (ETEC) is a leading cause of diarrhea worldwide. Adhesion to the human intestinal tract is crucial for colonization. ETEC adhesive structures…”
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