Open AccessA comparison of the nucleotide sequence of the A subunit of heat‐labile enterotoxin and cholera toxin
Author(s) -
Dykes Colin W.,
Halliday Ishbel J.,
Hobden Adrian N.,
Read Melanie J.,
Harford Stephen
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1985.tb01585.x
Subject(s) - enterotoxin , cholera toxin , heat labile enterotoxin , toxin , nucleic acid sequence , homology (biology) , gene , biology , plasmid , vibrio cholerae , protein subunit , sequence (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , sequence homology , peptide sequence , genetics , bacteria , escherichia coli
Abstract The heat‐labile enterotoxin genes from plasmid P307 have been cloned into pAT153. A comparison of the sequence of the LT‐A gene with that of the A subunit of cholera toxin shows extensive homology. There are a number of significant differences between the sequence of the LT‐A gene reported here and that published previously.