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The live oral typhoid vaccine Ty21a is a rpoS mutant and is susceptible to various environmental stresses.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Feb 1995
Robbe-Saule V, Coynault C, Norel F
Abstract excerpt
The rpoS (katF) gene, which encodes a RNA polymerase sigma factor (sigma s), regulates the virulence of Salmonella typhimurium in mice. In the present study, we show that rpoS mutants can be frequently found among laboratory strains of Salmonella. In addition, a rpoS mutation was identified in the S. typhi live oral vaccine Ty21a. Introduction of a wild-type rpoS gene in Ty21a allowed the bacteria to survive...
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