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[Prophage CTXphi genome variability and its role in alteration of Vibrio cholerae El Tor virulence characteristics].
Zhurnal mikrobiologii, epidemiologii i immunobiologii - 1 Jan 2000
Smirnova N I, Osin A V, Nefedov K S, Kul'shan' T A, Zadnova S P, Livanova L F, Toporkov A V, Kutyrev V V
Abstract excerpt
Comparative analysis of CTXphi prophage genome of 366 V. cholerae El Tor strains isolated from infected people and water was carried out using the polymerase chain reaction. Four groups of vibrios, which carry different combinations of ctxA, zot, and ace genes from core region of CTXphi prophage coding key (cholera enterotoxin) and accessory (Zot and Ace toxins) pathogenicity factors, were determined: ctxA(+)...
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