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Two DNA invertases contribute to flagellar phase variation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain LT2.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2006
Kutsukake Kazuhiro, Nakashima Hisashi, Tominaga Akira, Abo Tatsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strain LT2 possesses two nonallelic structural genes, fliC and fljB, for flagellin, the component protein of flagellar filaments. Flagellar phase variation occurs by alternative expression of these two genes. This is controlled by the inversion of a DNA segment, called the H segment, containing the fljB promoter. H inversion occurs by site-specific recombination between...
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