title: Assessing clonality of Vibrio cholerae Inaba isolates by characterization of nonsense mutations in wbeT.
abstract: The transferase gene wbeT of six clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor was analysed. Two unique mutations were identified in the wbeT gene of three Inaba isolates. Due to their random nature, mutations in wbeT can be used to determine the clonal origin of clinical Inaba isolates.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacteriology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar EN6 3QG, UK 2National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India 3Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR, B: Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Sjoerd G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rijpkema
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacteriology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar EN6 3QG, UK 2National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India 3Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR, B: Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: Zarmina
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Durrani
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacteriology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar EN6 3QG, UK 2National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India 3Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR, B: Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ramamurthy
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacteriology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar EN6 3QG, UK 2National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India 3Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR, B: Centre for Health and Population Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balakrish Nair
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002771:Cholera / Q000382:microbiology*; D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C082559:RfbT protein, Vibrio cholerae