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Effect of host species on recG phenotypes in Helicobacter pylori and Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 2004
Kang Josephine, Tavakoli Don, Tschumi Ariane, Aras Rahul A, Blaser Martin J
Abstract excerpt
Recombination is a fundamental mechanism for the generation of genetic variation. Helicobacter pylori strains have different frequencies of intragenomic recombination, arising from deletions and duplications between DNA repeat sequences, as well as intergenomic recombination, facilitated by their natural competence. We identified a gene, hp1523, that influences recombination frequencies in this highly diverse...
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