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Comparative evolutionary analysis of the major structural subunit of Vibrio vulnificus type IV pili.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2009
Chattopadhyay Sujay, Paranjpye Rohinee N, Dykhuizen Daniel E, Sokurenko Evgeni V, Strom Mark S
Abstract excerpt
Type IV pili contribute to virulence in Vibrio vulnificus, the bacterium responsible for the majority of fatal seafood-related infections. Here, we performed within- and between-species evolutionary analysis of the gene that encodes the major structural subunit of the pilus, pilA, by comparing it with pilD and gyrB, the genes encoding the type IV prepilin peptidase and beta subunit of DNA gyrase, respectively....
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