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Passage of Campylobacter jejuni through the chicken reservoir or mice promotes phase variation in contingency genes Cj0045 and Cj0170 that strongly associates with colonization and disease in a mouse model.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2012
Kim Joo-Sung, Artymovich Katherine A, Hall David F, Smith Eric J, Fulton Richard, Bell Julia, Dybas Leslie, Mansfield Linda S, Tempelman Robert, Wilson David L, Linz John E
Abstract excerpt
Human illness due to Camplyobacter jejuni infection is closely associated with consumption of poultry products. We previously demonstrated a 50 % shift in allele frequency (phase variation) in contingency gene Cj1139 (wlaN) during passage of C. jejuni NCTC11168 populations through Ross 308 broile...
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