| Literature DB >> 10094706 |
A Matsushiro1, K Sato, H Miyamoto, T Yamamura, T Honda.
Abstract
Norfloxacin (NFLX) caused induction of prophages VT1 and VT2 of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 at subinhibitory concentrations. In time course experiments, we observed the following sequential events: upon induction, the phage genomes underwent multiplication; the amount of stx genes increased; and subsequently, large quantities of toxins VT1 and VT2 were produced. Further studies showed that the molecular mechanism of prophage induction is closely related to the RecA system since the prophage VT2 was not induced with NFLX in a recA mutant strain.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10094706 PMCID: PMC93641
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490