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Demonstration of IS711 transposition in Brucella ovis and Brucella pinnipedialis.
BMC microbiology - 24 Jan 2008
Ocampo-Sosa Alain A, García-Lobo Juan M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Brucella genome contains an insertion sequence (IS) element called IS711 or IS6501, which is specific to the genus. The copy number of IS711 varies in the genome of the different Brucella species, ranging from 7 in B. abortus, B. melitensis and B. suis to more than 30 in B. ovis and in Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals. At present, there is no experimental evidence of transposition of...
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