Genome Diversification in <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> : Molecular Evolution of a Highly Variable Chromosomal Region Encoding the Staphylococcal Exotoxin-Like Family of Proteins

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Recent genomic studies have revealed extensive variation in natural populations of many pathogenic bacteria. However, the evolutionary processes which contribute to much of this variation remain unclear. A previous whole-genome DNA microarray study identified variation at a large chromosomal region (RD13) of Staphylococcus aureus which encodes a family of proteins with homology to staphylococcal and streptococcal...

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