title: The immunity genes of colicins E2 and E8 are closely related.
abstract: We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the newly characterized colicin E8 imm gene which exists in tandem with the colicin E3 imm gene in the ColE3-CA38 plasmid. Comparison of these immunity structures reveals considerable sequence divergence, but the ColE8 imm gene is markedly homologous to the colicin E2 imm gene from the ColE2-P9 plasmid.
mesh_terms: D003086:Bacteriocin Plasmids; D001483:Base Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D007109:Immunity; D010957:Plasmids; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000235:genetics