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Genesis of variants of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor: role of the CTXphi array and its position in the genome.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Jan 2003
Nandi Suvobroto, Maiti Diganta, Saha Arjun, Bhadra Rupak K
Abstract excerpt
The gene encoding cholera toxin, the principal virulence factor of Vibrio cholerae, is encoded by a filamentous, lysogenic bacteriophage known as CTXphi. The genome of V. cholerae, the host for CTXphi, consists of two chromosomes, one large and one small. Here, it is shown that localization and array of CTX prophage DNA in either the large or small chromosome of V. cholerae is likely to be one of the reasons for...
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