Genetic Transfer of Shigella flexneri Antigens to Escherichia coli K-12 |
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| Authors: | Formal S B Gemski P Baron L S Labrec E H |
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| Affiliation: | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C. 20012. |
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| Abstract: | The genes controlling synthesis of Shigella flexneri group- and type-specific antigens were transferred to Escherichia coli K-12 recipients by conjugation with an S. flexneri Hfr. After mating E. coli with an Hfr strain of S. flexneri 2a and selecting for his+ recombinants, a high proportion of the E. coli hybrids agglutinated in S. flexneri grouping serum. None of these hybrids expressed S. flexneri type-specific antigen II. When an E. coli his+ hybrid possessing the S. flexneri group antigen was remated with the same Hfr with selection for pro+ hybrids, a high proportion now expressed the type-specific antigen as well as the previously inherited group antigen. If such crosses were performed in reverse order (i.e., pro+ followed by his+ selection), a different pattern of serological behavior was observed. None of the pro+ hybrids showed the type-specific antigen. Subsequent mating for his+ resulted in hybrids with both the group- and type-specific antigens. These results show that genes controlling the synthesis of S. flexneri group antigen (linked to the his locus) and type-specific antigen (linked to the pro locus) are widely separated on the chromosome. Expression of the type-specific antigen II depends on the presence of the group antigen. |
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