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Plastic cells and populations: DNA substrate characteristics in Helicobacter pylori transformation define a flexible but conservative system for genomic variation.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 Nov 2007
Levine Steven M, Lin Edward A, Emara Walid, Kang Josephine, DiBenedetto Michael, Ando Takafumi, Falush Daniel, Blaser Martin J
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Helicobacter pylori, bacteria that colonize the human gastric mucosa, are naturally competent for transformation by exogenous DNA, and show a panmictic population structure. To understand the mechanisms involved in its horizontal gene transfer, we sought to define the interval required from exposure to substrate DNA until DNA uptake and expression of a selectable phenotype, as well as the relationship of...
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