Development and Properties of Francisella tularensis Subsp. holarctica 15 NIIEG Vaccine Strain without the recD Gene

Autor: Vitaly Pavlov, Galina Vakhrameeva, Alexander Mokrievich, Mikhail E. Platonov, Galina Titareva, Raisa Mironova, Tatiana Kombarova, Tatiana Gapelchenkova, Ivan Dyatlov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Vaccines, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 108 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-393X
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10010108
Popis: The genomic analysis of all subspecies F. tularensis, as found in Gen Bank NCBI, reveals the presence of genes encoding proteins like to the multifunctional RecBCD enzyme complex in E. coli and other bacteria. To date, the role of the recD gene in F. tularensis, which encodes the alpha chain of exonuclease V, in DNA metabolism processes, has not been studied either in vitro or in vivo. F. tularensis subsp. holarctica 15 NIIEG, a vaccine strain, served as the basis to create the F. tularensis 15D strain with recD deletion. The lack of the recD gene suppresses the integration of suicide plasmids with F. tularensis genome fragments into the chromosome. The modified strain showed reduced growth in vitro and in vivo. This study shows that such deletion significantly reduces the virulence of the strain in BALB/c mice.
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