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Molecular evolution of pathogenicity-island genes in Pseudomonas viridiflava.
Genetics - 1 Oct 2007
Araki Hitoshi, Innan Hideki, Kreitman Martin, Bergelson Joy
Abstract excerpt
The bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas viridiflava possesses two pathogenicity islands (PAIs) that share many gene homologs, but are structurally and phenotypically differentiated (T-PAI and S-PAI). These PAIs are paralogous, but only one is present in each isolate. While this dual presence/absence polymorphism has been shown to be maintained by balancing selection, little is known about the molecular evolution of...
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