Article
Development of a highly specific assay for rapid identification of pathogenic strains of Yersinia enterocolitica based on PCR amplification of the Yersinia heat-stable enterotoxin gene (yst).
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 1997
Ibrahim A, Liesack W, Griffiths M W, Robins-Browne R M
Abstract excerpt
The chromosomal gene yst, which encodes a heat-stable enterotoxin of Yersinia enterocolitica, is a useful diagnostic marker because it occurs only in invasive strains of this species. A homologous gene also occurs in some strains of Yersinia kristensenii. Sequence analysis of the yst genes from t...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Toxins
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Enterotoxins
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Virulence
- Yersinia enterocolitica