Pathogenicity Island: VPI


• General information

Name : VPI
Host strain : Vibrio cholerae SCE188
Function : TcpA-adhesin, Mop, ToxT regulator
Insertion site : ssrA (potential regulatory 10Sa RNA molecule)


• GenBank accessions: 1 records

1) AF208385 (600 bp)

    Definition : Vibrio cholerae toxin coregulated pili subunit (tcpA) gene, complete cds.

    Publication :
    - Mukhopadhyay,A.K., Chakraborty,S., Takeda,Y., Nair,G.B. and Berg,D.E., "Characterization of VPI pathogenicity island and CTXphi prophage in environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae", J. Bacteriol. 183 (16), 4737-4746 (2001) PUBMED 11466276.

    - Chakraborty,S., Mukhopadhyay,A.K., Shimada,T., Takeda,Y., Nair,G.B. and Berg,D.E., "Direct Submission", Submitted (24-NOV-1999) Microbiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33 CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Calcutta, West Bengal 700010, India.


      





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

None