<i>mgp</i>B and <i>mgp</i>C sequence diversity in <i>Mycoplasma genitalium</i> is generated by segmental reciprocal recombination with repetitive chromosomal sequences

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Mycoplasma genitalium is associated with sexually transmitted infections in men and women that, if untreated, can persist, suggesting that mechanism(s) exist to facilitate immune evasion. Approximately 4% of the limited M. genitalium genome contains repeat sequences termed MgPar regions that have homology to mgpB and mgpC, which encode antigenic proteins associated with attachment. We have previously shown that...

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