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Pathogenic adaptation of intracellular bacteria by rewiring a cis-regulatory input function.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Mar 2009
Osborne Suzanne E, Walthers Don, Tomljenovic Ana M, Mulder David T, Silphaduang Uma, Duong Nancy, Lowden Michael J, Wickham Mark E, Waller Ross F, Kenney Linda J, Coombes Brian K
Abstract excerpt
The acquisition of DNA by horizontal gene transfer enables bacteria to adapt to previously unexploited ecological niches. Although horizontal gene transfer and mutation of protein-coding sequences are well-recognized forms of pathogen evolution, the evolutionary significance of cis-regulatory mutations in creating phenotypic diversity through altered transcriptional outputs is not known. We show the significance...
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