Pathogenicity Island: SPI-2


• General information

Name : SPI-2
Host strain : Salmonella enterica SGC-2
Function : Type III secretion system, required for systemic infection and intracellular pathogenesis by facilitating replication of intracellular bacteria within membrane-bound Salmonella-containing vacuoles
Insertion site : tRNA-valV


• GenBank accessions: 1 records

1) AY956827 (642 bp)

    Definition : Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Gallinarum strain SGC-2 pathogenicity island 2, partial sequence; SsaG (ssaG) gene, partial cds; SsaH (ssaH) and SsaI (ssaI) genes, complete cds; and SsaJ (ssaJ) gene, partial cds.

    Publication :
    - Shah,D.H., Lee,M.J., Park,J.H., Lee,J.H., Eo,S.K., Kwon,J.T. and Chae,J.S., "Identification of Salmonella gallinarum virulence genes in a chicken infection model using PCR-based signature-tagged mutagenesis", Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) 151 (PT 12), 3957-3968 (2005) PUBMED 16339940.

    - Chae,J.S., "Direct Submission", Submitted (27-FEB-2005) Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Jeonbuk 561-756, South Korea.


      





• PAI-like regions homologous to this PAI (genomes and locations)

None