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Molecular and phenotypic analysis of the CS54 island of Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium: identification of intestinal colonization and persistence determinants.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2003
Kingsley Robert A, Humphries Andrea D, Weening Eric H, De Zoete Marcel R, Winter Sebastian, Papaconstantinopoulou Anastasia, Dougan Gordon, Bäumler Andreas J
Abstract excerpt
The shdA gene is carried on a 25-kb genetic island at centisome 54 (CS54 island) of the Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium chromosome. In addition to shdA, the CS54 island of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium strain LT2 contains four open reading frames designated ratA, ratB, sivI, and sivH. DNA hybridization analysis revealed that the CS54 island is comprised of two regions with distinct phylogenetic...
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