Luminita Badea

Secretion of flagellin by the LEE-encoded type III secretion system of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (2009)

Badea, Luminita, Beatson, Scott A, Kaparakis, Maria, Ferrero, Richard L, Hartland, Elizabeth L

Abstract Background Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is an attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogen that possesses a type III secretion system (T3SS) encoded within the locus of enterocyte...

Essential Role of the Type III Secretion System Effector NleB in Colonization of Mice by Citrobacter rodentium

Kelly, Michelle, Hart, Emily, Mundy, Rosanna, Marchès, Olivier, Wiles, Siouxsie, Badea, Luminita, ...

Attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogens are a significant cause of gastrointestinal illness in humans and animals. All A/E pathogens carry a large pathogenicity island, termed the locus for enterocyte...

Essential Role of the Type III Secretion System Effector NleB in Colonization of Mice by Citrobacter rodentium

Kelly, Michelle, Hart, Emily, Mundy, Rosanna, Marchès, Olivier, Wiles, Siouxsie, Badea, Luminita, ...

Attaching and effacing (A/E) pathogens are a significant cause of gastrointestinal illness in humans and animals. All A/E pathogens carry a large pathogenicity island, termed the locus for enterocyte...

Contribution of FliC to Epithelial Cell Invasion by Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O113:H21▿

Luck, Shelley N., Badea, Luminita, Bennett-Wood, Vicki, Robins-Browne, Roy, Hartland, Elizabeth L.

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O113:H21 can invade epithelial cells. In this study, we found that invasion but not adherence was inhibited by anti-FliCH21 specific antibodies. In addition,...

The NleE/OspZ Family of Effector Proteins Is Required for Polymorphonuclear Transepithelial Migration, a Characteristic Shared by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella flexneri Infections▿

Zurawski, Daniel V., Mumy, Karen L., Badea, Luminita, Prentice, Julia A., Hartland, Elizabeth L., McCormick, Beth A., ...

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and Shigella flexneri are human host-specific pathogens that infect intestinal epithelial cells. However, each bacterial species employs a different infection...