Characterisation and distribution of a cryptic Salmonella typhi plasmid pHCM2
| Autor: | L. T. Diem Nga, Keith D. James, Jeremy Farrar, Gordon Dougan, Myron M. Levine, Peadar O'Gaora, Julian Parkhill, Derek Pickard, John Wain, Claire Kidgell, Michael B. Prentice, To Song Diep, Nicholas P. J. Day |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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DNA Replication
Molecular Sequence Data Salmonella typhi Genome DNA sequencing Microbiology Evolution Molecular Bacteriophage Plasmid Humans Typhoid Fever Molecular Biology Gene Genetics Base Sequence biology DNA replication Chromosome Mapping Computational Biology biology.organism_classification Vietnam Yersinia pestis Genes Bacterial bacteria Plasmids |
| Zdroj: | Plasmid. 47(3) |
| ISSN: | 1095-9890 0147-619X |
| Popis: | pHCM2 is a 106 kbp cryptic plasmid harboured by Salmonella typhi CT18, originally isolated from a typhoid patient in Vietnam. The genome of S. typhi CT18, including pHCM2, has recently been completely sequenced and annotated. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that 57% of the coding sequences (CDSs) encoded on pHCM2 display over 97% DNA sequence identity to the virulence-associated plasmid of Yersinia pestis, pFra. pHCM2 encodes no obvious virulence-associated determinants or antibiotic resistance genes but does encode a wide array of putative genes directly related to DNA metabolism and replication. PCR analysis of a series of S. typhi isolates from Vietnam detected pHCM2-related DNA sequences in some S. typhi isolated before, but not after, 1994. Similar pHCM2-related sequences were also detected in S. typhi isolated from other regions of South East Asia and Pakistan but not elsewhere in the world. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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