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The intD mobile genetic element from Dichelobacter nodosus, the causative agent of ovine footrot, is associated with the benign phenotype.
Anaerobe - 1 Oct 2009
Tanjung Livia R, Whittle Gabrielle, Shaw Bruce E, Bloomfield Garry A, Katz Margaret E, Cheetham Brian F
Abstract excerpt
The Gram-negative anaerobic pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus is the principal causative agent of footrot in sheep. The intA, intB and intC elements are mobile genetic elements which integrate into two tRNA genes downstream from csrA (formerly glpA) and pnpA in the D. nodosus chromosome. CsrA homologues act as global repressors of virulence in several bacterial pathogens, as does polynucleotide phosphorylase, the...
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