Insights into the acquisition of the pks island and production of colibactin in the Escherichia coli population

The pks island codes for the enzymes necessary for synthesis of the genotoxin colibactin, which contributes to the virulence of Escherichia coli strains and is suspected of promoting colorectal cancer. From a collection of 785 human and bovine E. coli isolates, we identified 109 strains carrying a h...

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Autores principales: Auvray, Frédéric, Perrat, Alexandre, Arimizu, Yoko, Chagneau, Camille V., Bossuet-Greif, Nadège, Massip, Clémence, Brugère, Hubert, Nougayrède, Jean-Philippe, Hayashi, Tetsuya, Branchu, Priscilla, Ogura, Yoshitoshi, Oswald, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2021
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33961542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000579

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33961542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000579

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