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The diversity within an expanded and redefined repertoire of phase-variable genes in Helicobacter pylori.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Apr 2004
Salaün Laurence, Linz Bodo, Suerbaum Sebastian, Saunders Nigel J
Abstract excerpt
Phase variation is a common mechanism used by pathogenic bacteria to generate intra-strain diversity that is important in niche adaptation and is strongly associated with virulence determinants. Previous analyses of the complete sequences of the Helicobacter pylori strains 26695 and J99 have identified 36 putative phase-variable genes among the two genomes through their association with homopolymeric tracts and...
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