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Cloning of the genes that control formation of the fimbrial colonization factor antigen III (CFA/III) from an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.
Microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 1993
Shinagawa H, Taniguchi T, Yamaguchi O, Yamamoto K, Honda T
Abstract excerpt
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain 260-1 produces colonization factor antigen III and heat-labile enterotoxin. A 55-kb plasmid controlling the expression of the colonization factor antigen was isolated from this strain after it was labeled with ampicillin resistance transposon, Tn3. When this plasmid was introduced into E. coli K-12 strains, it induced the formation of pili that were morphologically and...
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