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The Escherichia coli K-12 sheA gene encodes a 34-kDa secreted haemolysin.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Jul 1997
del Castillo F J, Leal S C, Moreno F, del Castillo I
Abstract excerpt
Haemolytic toxins belong to one of several classes of virulence factors that contribute to bacterial pathogenicity. The non-pathogenic Escherichia coli K-12 laboratory strain was considered for years to be non-haemolytic. However, overproduction of several transcriptional regulators induced the appearance of a haemolytic activity that is absent under usual laboratory growth conditions. In this work, we have...
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