title: Molecular genetic approaches to the pathogenesis of bacillary dysentery.
abstract: Bacillary dysentery is an invasive infectious disease of the human colon. At least three genetic loci on the chromosome and a huge plasmid have been implicated in its pathogenesis. Results obtained from molecular genetic studies, mainly of the genes, virG, virF and kcpA are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sasakawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lett
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids; D012760:Shigella / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics