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Nucleic Acids Research, 2002, Vol. 30, No. 20 4432-4441
© 2002 Oxford University Press

Genome sequence of Shigella flexneri 2a: insights into pathogenicity through comparison with genomes of Escherichia coli K12 and O157

Qi Jin*,1,7,8, Zhenghong Yuan2,7, Jianguo Xu3,7, Yu Wang4,7, Yan Shen5, Weichuan Lu9, Jinhua Wang6, Hong Liu1, Jian Yang6, Fan Yang1, Xiaobing Zhang1, Jiyu Zhang1, Guowei Yang1, Hongtao Wu9, Di Qu2,7, Jie Dong1, Lilian Sun1, Ying Xue1, Ailan Zhao3, Yishan Gao4, Junping Zhu1, Biao Kan3, Keyue Ding5, Shuxia Chen1, Hongsong Cheng4,7, Zhijian Yao5, Bingkun He9, Runsheng Chen6, Dalong Ma4, Boqin Qiang5, Yumei Wen2,7, Yunde Hou1 and Jun Yu10

1 State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, Beijing 100052, China, 2 Laboratory of Molecular Virology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China, 3 Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing 102206, China, 4 Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100083, China, 5 National Center of Human Genome Research, Beijing 100176, China, 6 Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China, 7 Microbial Genome Center, Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Beijing 100052, China, 8 Beijing Microbial Genome Research Center, Beijing 100052, China, 9 HuaBei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Shijiazhuang 0500, China and 10 Molecular Infectious Diseases Group, Department of Paediatrics Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College St Mary’s Campus, London W2 1PG, UK

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +86 10 67877732; Fax: +86 10 67877736; Email: zdsys{at}sina.com

We have sequenced the genome of Shigella flexneri serotype 2a, the most prevalent species and serotype that causes bacillary dysentery or shigellosis in man. The whole genome is composed of a 4 607 203 bp chromosome and a 221 618 bp virulence plasmid, designated pCP301. While the plasmid shows minor divergence from that sequenced in serotype 5a, striking characteristics of the chromosome have been revealed. The S.flexneri chromosome has, astonishingly, 314 IS elements, more than 7-fold over those possessed by its close relatives, the non-pathogenic K12 strain and enterohemorrhagic O157:H7 strain of Escherichia coli. There are 13 translocations and inversions compared with the E.coli sequences, all involve a segment larger than 5 kb, and most are associated with deletions or acquired DNA sequences, of which several are likely to be bacteriophage-transmitted pathogenicity islands. Furthermore, S.flexneri, resembling another human-restricted enteric pathogen, Salmonella typhi, also has hundreds of pseudogenes compared with the E.coli strains. All of these could be subjected to investigations towards novel preventative and treatment strategies against shigellosis.


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Extensive Genomic Diversity in Pathogenic Escherichia coli and Shigella Strains Revealed by Comparative Genomic Hybridization Microarray
J. Bacteriol., June 15, 2004; 186(12): 3911 - 3921.
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C.-P. Ren, R. R. Chaudhuri, A. Fivian, C. M. Bailey, M. Antonio, W. M. Barnes, and M. J. Pallen
The ETT2 Gene Cluster, Encoding a Second Type III Secretion System from Escherichia coli, Is Present in the Majority of Strains but Has Undergone Widespread Mutational Attrition
J. Bacteriol., June 1, 2004; 186(11): 3547 - 3560.
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J. Environ. Qual.Home page
J. L. Ram, R. P. Ritchie, J. Fang, F. S. Gonzales, and J. P. Selegean
Sequence-Based Source Tracking of Escherichia coli Based on Genetic Diversity of {beta}-Glucuronidase
J. Environ. Qual., May 1, 2004; 33(3): 1024 - 1032.
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J. Biol. Chem.Home page
J. Adler and E. Bibi
Determinants of Substrate Recognition by the Escherichia coli Multidrug Transporter MdfA Identified on Both Sides of the Membrane
J. Biol. Chem., March 5, 2004; 279(10): 8957 - 8965.
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Clin. Microbiol. Rev.Home page
H. Schmidt and M. Hensel
Pathogenicity Islands in Bacterial Pathogenesis
Clin. Microbiol. Rev., January 1, 2004; 17(1): 14 - 56.
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Nucleic Acids ResHome page
R. R. Chaudhuri, A. M. Khan, and M. J. Pallen
coliBASE: an online database for Escherichia coli, Shigella and Salmonella comparative genomics
Nucleic Acids Res., January 1, 2004; 32(90001): D296 - 299.
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Y. Li and S. Altman
A specific endoribonuclease, RNase P, affects gene expression of polycistronic operon mRNAs
PNAS, November 11, 2003; 100(23): 13213 - 13218.
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Infect. Immun.Home page
R. Lan, G. Stevenson, and P. R. Reeves
Comparison of Two Major Forms of the Shigella Virulence Plasmid pINV: Positive Selection Is a Major Force Driving the Divergence
Infect. Immun., November 1, 2003; 71(11): 6298 - 6306.
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M. Casalino, M. C. Latella, G. Prosseda, and B. Colonna
CadC Is the Preferential Target of a Convergent Evolution Driving Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli toward a Lysine Decarboxylase-Defective Phenotype
Infect. Immun., October 1, 2003; 71(10): 5472 - 5479.
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R. Sturny, K. Cam, C. Gutierrez, and A. Conter
NhaR and RcsB Independently Regulate the osmCp1 Promoter of Escherichia coli at Overlapping Regulatory Sites
J. Bacteriol., August 1, 2003; 185(15): 4298 - 4304.
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Nucleic Acids ResHome page
L. Florea, M. McClelland, C. Riemer, S. Schwartz, and W. Miller
EnteriX 2003: visualization tools for genome alignments of Enterobacteriaceae
Nucleic Acids Res., July 1, 2003; 31(13): 3527 - 3532.
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C. Canchaya, C. Proux, G. Fournous, A. Bruttin, and H. Brussow
Prophage Genomics
Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev., June 1, 2003; 67(2): 238 - 276.
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J. Wei, M. B. Goldberg, V. Burland, M. M. Venkatesan, W. Deng, G. Fournier, G. F. Mayhew, G. Plunkett III, D. J. Rose, A. Darling, et al.
Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genomics of Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a Strain 2457T
Infect. Immun., May 1, 2003; 71(5): 2775 - 2786.
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D. J. Studholme and R. Dixon
Domain Architectures of {sigma}54-Dependent Transcriptional Activators
J. Bacteriol., March 15, 2003; 185(6): 1757 - 1767.
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