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- noun A cell found in the lining of the
intestines andcolon , participating inabsorption of nutrients andsecretion of digestive enzymes.
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Examples
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Shaw (2004) Aeromonas flagella (polar and lateral) are enterocyte adhesins that contribute to biofilm formation on surfaces.
Flagellum evolution -- how's your German? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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An interdependence of enterocyte differentiation along the crypt-villus axis and fls485 chaperone activity might be possible.
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Stevens MP, Roe AJ, Vlisidou I, van Diemen PM, La Ragione RM, et al. (2004) Mutation of toxB and a truncated version of the efa-1 gene in Escherichia coli O157: H7 influences the expression and secretion of locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded proteins but not intestinal colonization in calves or sheep.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Zhemin Zhou et al. 2010
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Abe H, Tatsuno I, Tobe T, Okutani A, Sasakawa C (2002) Bicarbonate ion stimulates the expression of locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded genes in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157: H7.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Zhemin Zhou et al. 2010
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Their findings suggest the involvement of enterocyte mitochondrial dysfunction and perturbed cytoskeletal structure into pouchitis pathophysiology.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010
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Although probiotic bacteria and their metabolites alter enterocyte gene expression, rapid, non-genomic responses have not been examined.
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Their findings suggest the involvement of enterocyte mitochondrial dysfunction and perturbed cytoskeletal structure into pouchitis pathophysiology.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Although probiotic bacteria and their metabolites alter enterocyte gene expression, rapid, non-genomic responses have not been examined.
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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 effacement
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Robertson MD, Parkes M, Warren BF, Ferguson DJ, Jackson KG, et al. (2003) Mobilisation of enterocyte fat stores by oral glucose in humans.
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