Structural arrangement of the decoding site of Escherichia coli ribosomes as revealed from the data on affinity labelling of ribosomes by analogs of mRNA - derivatives of oligoribonucleotides

Author(s):  
Sergey N. Vladimirov ◽  
Galina T. Babkina ◽  
Alija G. Venijaminova ◽  
Olga I. Gimautdinova ◽  
Marina A. Zenkova ◽  
...  
1993 ◽  
Vol 268 (25) ◽  
pp. 18696-18700
Author(s):  
T.V. Olah ◽  
A.R. Perrault ◽  
B.S. Cooperman ◽  
L. Montesano-Roditis ◽  
R. McWilliams ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 180 (6) ◽  
pp. 2147-2153 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Pizza ◽  
M R Fontana ◽  
M M Giuliani ◽  
M Domenighini ◽  
C Magagnoli ◽  
...  

Escherichia coli enterotoxin (LT) and the homologous cholera toxin (CT) are A-B toxins that cause travelers' diarrhea and cholera, respectively. So far, experimental live and killed vaccines against these diseases have been developed using only the nontoxic B portion of these toxins. The enzymatically active A subunit has not been used because it is responsible for the toxicity and it is reported to induce a negligible titer of toxin neutralizing antibodies. We used site-directed mutagenesis to inactivate the ADP-ribosyltransferase activity of the A subunit and obtained nontoxic derivatives of LT that elicited a good titer of neutralizing antibodies recognizing the A subunit. These LT mutants and equivalent mutants of CT may be used to improve live and killed vaccines against cholera and enterotoxinogenic E. coli.


1974 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Greenberg ◽  
Leonard J. Berends ◽  
John Donch ◽  
Michael H. L. Green

SUMMARYPAM 26, a radiation-sensitive mutant ofEscherichia colistrain B, is described. Its properties are attributable to a mutation in a gene,exrB, which is cotransducible withmalB. It differs fromuvrA(alsomalB-linked) derivatives of strain B in being sensitive to 1-methyl-3-nitro-1-nitroso-guanidine and γ-radiation, and in being able to reactivate UV-irradiated phage T3. It differs fromexrA(alsomalB-linked) derivatives of strain B in forming filaments during the course of normal growth as well as after irradiation. WhenexrBwas transduced into a K12 (lon+) strain, filaments did not form spontaneously. Three-point transductions established the order of markers asmet A malB exrB. Based on an analysis of the frequency of wild-type recombinants in a reciprocal transduction betweenexrAandexrBstrains, it was inferred that they are not isogenic and that the order of markers ismalB exrA exrB.


FEBS Letters ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.D. Sverdlov ◽  
S.A. Tsarev ◽  
N.F. Kuznetsova

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