Plasmid-mediated suppression of the mutational activation of the bgl operon in Shigella sonnei.

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SSOR, a clinical isolate of Shigella sonnei which exhibits a Salicin-negative phenotype, is unable to mutate to give rise to Sal+ derivatives although a homolog of the Escherichia coli bgl operon is retained by the strain. This was correlated to the presence of an endogenous plasmid in the strain. A plasmid-cured derivative, AK711, could give rise to Sal+ mutants in two steps. Introduction of the plasmid DNA,...

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