Molecular mechanism of acquisition of the cholera toxin genes

Das, B.; Bischerour, J.; Barre, F.-X.

Indian Journal of Medical Research 133: 195-200

2011


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5340
PMID: 21415494
Document Number: 655975
One of the major pathogenic determinants of Vibrio cholerae, the cholera toxin, is encoded in the genome of a filamentous phage, CTXφ. CTXφ makes use of the chromosome dimer resolution system of V. cholerae to integrate its single stranded genome into one, the other, or both V. cholerae chromosomes. Here, we review current knowledge about this smart integration process.

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