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Evidence of localized prophage-host recombination in the lytA gene, encoding the major pneumococcal autolysin.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2010

Morales María, García Pedro, de la Campa Adela G, Liñares Josefina, Ardanuy Carmen, García Ernesto

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According to a highly polymorphic region in the lytA gene, encoding the major autolysin of Streptococcus pneumoniae, two different families of alleles can be differentiated by PCR and restriction digestion. Here, we provide evidence that this polymorphic region arose from recombination events wit...

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PMID: 20304992
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01501-09
PMCID: PMC2863564

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