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Characterization of cryptic flagellin genes in Shigella boydii and Shigella dysenteriae.
Genes & genetic systems - 1 Apr 2001
Tominaga A, Mahmoud M A, Al Mamun A A, Mukaihara T
Abstract excerpt
Flagellin (fliC) genes of 12 Shigella boydii and five Shigella dysenteriae strains were characterized. Though these strains are nonmotile, the cryptic fliCSB gene, cloned from S. boydii strain C3, is functional for expression of flagellin. It consists of 1,704 bp, and encodes 568 amino acid residues (57,918 Da). The fliCSD gene from S. dysenteriae strain 16 consists of 1,650 bp encoding 549 amino acid residues...
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