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Curli loci of Shigella spp.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jun 2000
Sakellaris H, Hannink N K, Rajakumar K, Bulach D, Hunt M, Sasakawa C, Adler B
Abstract excerpt
An unstable chromosomal element encoding multiple antibiotic resistance in Shigella flexneri serotype 2a was found to include sequences homologous to the csg genes encoding curli in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. As curli have been implicated in the virulence of serovar Typhimurium, we investigated the csg loci in all four species of Shigella. DNA sequencing and PCR analysis showed...
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