Highly conserved B-subunit genes of Shiga-like toxin II variants found in Escherichia coli O157 strains.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1994.tb06849.x

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Highly conserved B-subunit genes of Shiga-like toxin II variants found in Escherichia coli O157 strains.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 May 1994

Rüssmann H, Schmidt H, Caprioli A, Karch H

Abstract excerpt

To determine the degree of heterogeneity among Shiga-like toxin-II (SLT-II)-related toxins present in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 strains, slt-IIB-related genes of 15 strains were amplified and sequenced. Of these 15 isolates, six contained only the slt-II-related genes, seven strains...

Topics

Bacterial Toxins
Base Sequence
Colitis
Conserved Sequence
Escherichia coli
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Hemorrhage
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Protein Conformation
Shiga Toxin 2
Virulence

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