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Genetic diversity of the gene cluster encoding longus, a type IV pilus of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

Oscar G Gomez-Duarte1, Sujay Chattopadhyay, Scott J Weissman, Jorge A Giron, James B Kaper, Evgeni V Sokurenko.   

Abstract

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains produce a type IV pilus named Longus. We identified a 16-gene cluster involved in the biosynthesis of Longus that has 57 to 95% identity at the protein level to CFA/III, another type IV pilus of ETEC. Alleles of the Longus structural subunit gene lngA demonstrate a diversity of 12 to 19% at the protein level with strong positive selection for point replacements and horizontal transfer.

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Year:  2007        PMID: 17951389      PMCID: PMC2168600          DOI: 10.1128/JB.00722-07

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Bacteriol        ISSN: 0021-9193            Impact factor:   3.490


  32 in total

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