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  • Title: [Interaction of Shigella sonnei phase-I strains carrying F'- or R386 plasmids with continuous HeLa- and L-line cells].
    Author: Miroliubova LV, Nastichkin IA, Petrovskaia VG.
    Journal: Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol; 1983 Nov; (11):17-21. PubMed ID: 6318481.
    Abstract:
    The region of S. sonnei chromosome, located to the left of the gene lac I, has been found to be linked with the capacity of these bacteria for penetrating epithelial cells: this capacity is sharply suppressed in transconjugates carrying plasmids F' which cover the above-mentioned chromosomal region in recipients. The loss of virulence by transconjugates with transferred plasmids F'lac is not linked with the transfer of F factor proper, as those transconjugates which have acquired plasmids F' from E. coli donor strains K = 12 X 363 or F'his 131, not covering the lactose region to the left of the gene lac I, retain their virulence. The transfer of plasmid R 386 having no analogs of bacterial chromosomal genes leads to the loss of virulence due to the oss of the invasive capacity of bacteria.
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