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. 1993 Mar;175(6):1860–1864. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.6.1860-1864.1993

Characterization of a plasmid-encoded urease gene cluster found in members of the family Enterobacteriaceae.

S E D'Orazio 1, C M Collins 1
PMCID: PMC203999  PMID: 8449894

Abstract

Plasmid-encoded urease gene clusters found in uropathogenic isolates of Escherichia coli, Providencia stuartii, and Salmonella cubana demonstrated DNA homology, similar positions of restriction endonuclease cleavage sites, and manners of urease expression and therefore represent the same locus. DNA sequence analysis indicated that the plasmid-encoded urease genes are closely related to the Proteus mirabilis urease genes.

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