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Multiple insertions of fimbrial operons correlate with the evolution of Salmonella serovars responsible for human disease.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Aug 1999
Folkesson A, Advani A, Sukupolvi S, Pfeifer J D, Normark S, Löfdahl S
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On centisome 7, Salmonella spp. contain a large region not present in the corresponding region of Escherichia coli. This region is flanked by sequences with significant homology to the E. coli tRNA gene aspV and the hypothetical E. coli open reading frame yafV. The locus consists of a mosaic of differentially acquired inserts forming a dynamic cs7 region of horizontally transferred inserts. Salmonella enterica...
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