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Escherichia coli induces DNA damage in vivo and triggers genomic instability in mammalian cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Jun 2010
Cuevas-Ramos Gabriel, Petit Claude R, Marcq Ingrid, Boury Michèle, Oswald Eric, Nougayrède Jean-Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli is a normal inhabitant of the human gut. However, E. coli strains of phylogenetic group B2 harbor a genomic island called "pks" that codes for the production of a polyketide-peptide genotoxin, Colibactin. Here we report that in vivo infection with E. coli harboring the pks island...
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