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Transcriptional phase variation of a type III restriction-modification system in Helicobacter pylori.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 2002
de Vries Nicolette, Duinsbergen Dirk, Kuipers Ernst J, Pot Raymond G J, Wiesenekker Patricia, Penn Charles W, van Vliet Arnoud H M, Vandenbroucke-Grauls Christina M J E, Kusters Johannes G
Abstract excerpt
Phase variation is important in bacterial pathogenesis, since it generates antigenic variation for the evasion of immune responses and provides a strategy for quick adaptation to environmental changes. In this study, a Helicobacter pylori clone, designated MOD525, was identified that displayed phase-variable lacZ expression. The clone contained a transcriptional lacZ fusion in a putative type III DNA...
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