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. 1970 Mar;1(3):279–287. doi: 10.1128/iai.1.3.279-287.1970

Genetic Transfer of Shigella flexneri Antigens to Escherichia coli K-12 1

S B Formal a, P Gemski Jr a, L S Baron a, E H Labrec a
PMCID: PMC415893  PMID: 16557729

Abstract

The genes controlling synthesis of Shigella flexneri group- and type-specific antigens were transferred to Escherichia coli K-12 recipients by conjugation with an S. flexneri Hfr. After mating E. coli with an Hfr strain of S. flexneri 2a and selecting for his+ recombinants, a high proportion of the E. coli hybrids agglutinated in S. flexneri grouping serum. None of these hybrids expressed S. flexneri type-specific antigen II. When an E. coli his+ hybrid possessing the S. flexneri group antigen was remated with the same Hfr with selection for pro+ hybrids, a high proportion now expressed the type-specific antigen as well as the previously inherited group antigen. If such crosses were performed in reverse order (i.e., pro+ followed by his+ selection), a different pattern of serological behavior was observed. None of the pro+ hybrids showed the type-specific antigen. Subsequent mating for his+ resulted in hybrids with both the group- and type-specific antigens. These results show that genes controlling the synthesis of S. flexneri group antigen (linked to the his locus) and type-specific antigen (linked to the pro locus) are widely separated on the chromosome. Expression of the type-specific antigen II depends on the presence of the group antigen.

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