Article
Identification, characterization, and distribution of a Shiga toxin 1 gene variant (stx(1c)) in Escherichia coli strains isolated from humans.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2002
Zhang Wenlan, Bielaszewska Martina, Kuczius Thorsten, Karch Helge
Abstract excerpt
By using sequence analysis of Shiga toxin 1 (Stx 1) genes from human and ovine Stx-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains, we identified an Stx1 variant in STEC of human origin that was identical to the Stx1 variant from ovine STEC, but demonstrated only 97.1 and 96.6% amino acid sequence iden...
Topics
- Animals
- Diarrhea
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Serotyping
- Sheep
- Shiga Toxin 1