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Genomic variability among enteric pathogens: the case of the mutS-rpoS intergenic region.
Trends in microbiology - 1 Jan 2003
Kotewicz Michael L, Brown Eric W, Eugene LeClerc J, Cebula Thomas A
Abstract excerpt
The mutS-rpoS intergenic region of enteric bacteria ranges in size from 88 bp in Yersinia to > 12000 bp in Salmonella. We interpret this expansion as the result of the horizontal transfer of segments of DNA from diverse origins. Both comparative genomic analysis and selective sequencing of a variety of Escherichia coli pathogens have provided additional evidence for reassortment of segments within this region.
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