vacC, a virulence-associated chromosomal locus of Shigella flexneri, is homologous to tgt, a gene encoding tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (Tgt) of Escherichia coli K-12.

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Published in J Bacteriol on August 01, 1994

Authors

J M Durand1, N Okada, T Tobe, M Watarai, I Fukuda, T Suzuki, N Nakata, K Komatsu, M Yoshikawa, C Sasakawa

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1: Department of Bacteriology, University of Tokyo, Japan.

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