title: Plasmid association and nucleotide sequence relationships of two genes encoding heat-stable enterotoxin production in Escherichia coli H-10407.
abstract: Plasmid DNA from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains H-10407 and H-10407-P was examined for nucleotide sequence homology to two E. coli genes encoding infant mouse-active heat-stable enterotoxins (ST). A 62-megadalton plasmid of strain H-10407 contained sequences homologous to the gene encoding a toxin designated STIb, previously isolated from a human isolate of E. coli. A 42-megadalton plasmid of strains H-10407 and H-10407-P contained sequences homologous to the gene encoding a toxin designated STIa, previously isolated from bovine and porcine isolates of E. coli.
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D001483:Base Sequence; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C034151:heat stable toxin (E coli)