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Expression of Vi antigen in Escherichia coli K-12: characterization of ViaB from Citrobacter freundii and identity of ViaA with RcsB.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1992
Houng H S, Noon K F, Ou J T, Baron L S
Abstract excerpt
The Vi antigen in Salmonella typhi is stably expressed and may act to protect the strain against the defensive system of the host. Citrobacter freundii, not usually a common human pathogen, also expresses the Vi antigen but expresses it unstably, exhibiting a reversible transition between the Vi+ and Vi- states. Two widely separated chromosomal regions, ViaA and ViaB, are needed for Vi synthesis. Escherichia coli...
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