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SUBMITTER: De Baets L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC522131 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Baets Liesbet L Van der Taelen Imme I De Filette Marina M Piérard Denis D Allison Lesley L De Greve Henri H Hernalsteens Jean-Pierre JP Imberechts Hein H
Applied and environmental microbiology 20041001 10
Shiga toxins Stx1 and Stx2 play a prominent role in the pathogenesis of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections. Several variants of the stx(2) gene, encoding Stx2, have been described. In this study, we developed a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism system for typing stx(2) genes of STEC strains. The typing system discriminates eight described variants and allows the identification of new stx(2) variants and STEC isolates carrying multiple stx(2) genes. A phylogenetic ...[more]