Insight into Shiga toxin genes encoded by Escherichia coli O157 from whole genome sequencing

The ability of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) to cause severe illness in humans is determined by multiple host factors and bacterial characteristics, including Shiga toxin (Stx) subtype. Given the link between Stx2a subtype and disease severity, we sought to identify the stx subtypes...

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Published in:PeerJ
Main Authors: Ashton, Philip M., Perry, Neil, Ellis, Richard, Petrovska, Liljana, Wain, John, Grant, Kathie A., Jenkins, Claire, Dallman, Tim J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Bioinformatics
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338798/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25737808
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.739
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