Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Heat-Stable Toxin and Ebola Virus Delta Peptide: Similarities and Differences.

Published in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) STb toxin exhibits striking structural similarity to Ebola virus (EBOV) delta peptide. Both ETEC and EBOV delta peptide are enterotoxins. Comparison of the structural and functional similarities and differences of these two toxins illuminates features that are important in induction of pathogenesis by a bacterial and viral pathogen.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
biofilm formation
klebsiella pneumoniae
sars cov
heat stress
candida albicans
cystic fibrosis