Acquisition of classical CTX prophage from Vibrio cholerae O141 by El Tor strains aided by lytic phages and chitin-induced competence

The El Tor biotype of Vibrio cholerae O1, causing the current seventh pandemic of cholera, has replaced the classical biotype, which caused the sixth pandemic. The CTX prophages encoding cholera toxin in the two biotypes have distinct repressor (rstR) genes. Recently, new variants of El Tor strains...

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Main Authors: Udden, S. M. Nashir, Zahid, M. Shamim Hasan, Biswas, Kuntal, Ahmad, Qazi Shafi, Cravioto, Alejandro, Nair, G. Balakrish, Mekalanos, John J., Faruque, Shah M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2008
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Biological Sciences
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2575248/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18689675
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0805560105
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