Nucleotide sequence of the ipaBCD structural genes of Shigella dysenteriae |
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| Authors: | R Yao S Palchaudhuri |
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| Institution: | Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201. |
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| Abstract: | A 9 kb EcoRI and two PstI fragments from the virulence plasmid of Shigella dysenteriae CG097 were shown to contain all ipa genes by probing with Shigella flexneri ipaB, -C, -D and -A gene probes. The DNA sequences of S. dysenteriae ipaBC genes were very similar to those of S. flexneri M90T and S. flexneri YSH6000, but ipaD differed by 22 codons from that of S. flexneri. The differences in ipaD may account for the different in vitro host specificities shown by S. dysenteriae and S. flexneri. The nucleotide composition of ipa genes revealed an unusually large number of codons that are rarely used in Escherichia coli chromosomal genes, indicating a different origin. |
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