Ramón Cervantes-Rivera

4 weeks ago | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Carmen Contreras |Tracy H. Hazen |Carmen Guadarrama |Ramón Cervantes-Rivera

Introduction. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strains pose a significant threat as a leading cause of severe childhood diarrhoea in developing nations. EPEC pathogenicity relies on the type III secretion system (T3SS) encoded by the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE), facilitating the secretion and translocation of bacterial effector proteins. Gap Statement.