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. 1983 Oct;156(1):441–443. doi: 10.1128/jb.156.1.441-443.1983

Plasmid association and nucleotide sequence relationships of two genes encoding heat-stable enterotoxin production in Escherichia coli H-10407.

S L Moseley, M Samadpour-Motalebi, S Falkow
PMCID: PMC215104  PMID: 6352687

Abstract

Plasmid DNA from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains H-10407 and H-10407-P was examined for nucleotide sequence homology to two E. coli genes encoding infant mouse-active heat-stable enterotoxins (ST). A 62-megadalton plasmid of strain H-10407 contained sequences homologous to the gene encoding a toxin designated STIb, previously isolated from a human isolate of E. coli. A 42-megadalton plasmid of strains H-10407 and H-10407-P contained sequences homologous to the gene encoding a toxin designated STIa, previously isolated from bovine and porcine isolates of E. coli.

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