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Genes essential for the morphogenesis of the Shiga toxin 2-transducing phage from Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Scientific reports - 14 Dec 2016
Mondal Shakhinur Islam, Islam Md Rakibul, Sawaguchi Akira, Asadulghani Md, Ooka Tadasuke, Gotoh Yasuhiro, Kasahara Yasuhiro, Ogura Yoshitoshi, Hayashi Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2), one of the most important virulence factors of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC), is encoded by phages. These phages (Stx2 phages) are often called lambda-like. However, most Stx2 phages are short-tailed, thus belonging to the family Podoviridae, and the functions of many genes, especially those in the late region, are unknown. In this study, we performed a systematic genetic and...
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